THE Vreed-en-Hoop Wesleyan Church’s Resource Centre was on Saturday, July 1 commissioned at the community’s church, located at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD).
The establishment of the facility is a joint effort between the church and Food for the Poor

Guyana Inc., and serves to provide academic and vocational training to individuals in the surrounding environs, with a keen focus on the residents of Plastic City.

Plastic City is an impoverished community whose residents lack access to the educational and vocational training opportunities, thereby preventing them from securing employment and access to tertiary institutions.
Food for the Poor Guyana Inc. in collaboration with its donors financed the completion and partial furnishing of the 30 x 50 feet two -storey concrete building, as well as the construction of a 15ft x 30 feet outdoor shed.

The non-profit organization has also provided the resource centre with 12 desktop computers inclusive of desks and chairs, four manual, eight electrical, two surgers and two industrial sewing machines, a 32” television, a six- burner gas stove and a 14.0 cubic feet freezer.
In a joint statement to the media, the entities said that the new centre is fully equipped to offer training to persons in the areas of garment construction, information technology and food preparation among others. Students at the primary and secondary levels will also be tutored in various subject areas and will be allowed to use the entity’s library and information technology centre to aid in their advancement.

Work will also be done with teens and young adults are also part of the thrust of the institution. Additionally, remedial classes as well as skills training will also be offered to early school- leavers and other disadvantaged individuals, who upon successful completion, would have a better opportunity to be employed.
It is estimated that a minimum of 150 persons will benefit directly from the services of the centre during the first year of its operations.