RCCI partnership with CESO very beneficial for Region 9

THE Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has disclosed that it is receiving assistance from the Canadian Executive Service Organisation (CESO), in the areas of environmental management and sustainable tourism development, through a three-week collaboration that begun two weeks ago.Administrator of the RCCI Secretariat at Lethem, in Region 9 (Upper Essequibo/Upper Takutu), Mr. Roldon Welcome who made the disclosure, said two officers of the Canadian registered national and international

development charity are collaborating with the Chamber in assessment visits and meeting communities in the North Central and South Rupununi.
Volunteer Henning Rasmussen is working with the Chamber on an environmental management plan for Lethem and Central Rupununi area.
It includes strategies for solid waste management and disposal, alternative potable water supplies, residential drainage and some elements of village planning, Welcome revealed.
Other volunteer Roger Wheelock is helping the RCCI to pinpoint the tourism potential of the area and has already met members of several Rupununi communities in discussions on the subject.
He was, yesterday, said to be on a visit to Aishalton, 90 miles South of Lethem, to assess the tourism potential of the village, particularly the petroglyphs/prehistoric rock engravings for which the village is famous.
RCCI President Daniel Gajie said the current partnership with CESO is proving to be very beneficial for the Region.

(By Clifford Stanley )