28 graduate from Natural Resources Ministry third youth apprenticeship programme

The apprentices from Youth in Natural Resources III pose for a photo with apprentices from the previous year. Seated from left are Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman, President David Granger, Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams and Minster of Social Cohesion Dr George Norton.

Another group of youths yesterday graduated from the third ‘Youth in Natural Resources’ apprenticeship programme.

The three-week programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and at a closing ceremony held at the Baridi Benab, State House, the 28 apprentices were presented with certificates and welcomed into the programme’s alumni body.

The objective of the programme was to involve youth in the protection and preservation of Guyana’s natural resources. Over the three-week period, the participants were given the opportunity to visit and travel along the Berbice River and the savannahs of the Rupununi and Lethem.