Region Six gets $11.5M from ministry for four community grounds

Minister of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, handing over much needed sports gear to the Headteacher of Rose Hall Primary School, Hollis Schweirs.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The Minister of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth, and Sport, Dr. George Norton, on Monday handed over a $11.5M warrant to Deputy Regional Executive Officer of Region Six,  Claude Henry, for the enhancement of four community grounds in the Region.

A Ministry of the Presidency statement said that the presentation was made during the Ministry’s sensitisation session at the Rose Hall Primary School, in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) for stakeholders of the Regional Democratic Council, Mayor and Town Council and Civil Society. The grounds intended for rehabilitation are the Youth Friendly Space in New Amsterdam, the Sisters Village Ground, the Glasgow Basketball Court and the No. 76 Village Sports Ground.