THE Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment in collaboration with the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) will be hosting a public lecture on ‘Rethinking Community Development; A Social Enterprise Approach,’ on Thursday at Queen’s College. The event will be held from 17:00 rs to 20:00 hrs in the school’s auditorium, Camp Road, Georgetown. According to a release, in an attempt to empower the young people of Guyana, the Government of Guyana (GoG) will be having a series of public lectures and training programmes. This particular lecture will be delivered by Dr. K’adamawe K’nife – Lecturer/Researcher at the University of the West Indies.
In his lecture, Dr. K’nife will explore how social enterprises can contribute to community development with a focus on youth development, gender mainstreaming and sustainable development. High youth unemployment plagues the Region, in the case of Guyana as high as 40 percent. According to the release, social enterprises can play a key part in the solution. Young people can benefit from enterprises that can build their skills and confidence; that can create and keep wealth in our most deprived communities; and that can build trust, responsibility, provide role models, reward hard work and give young people a voice and a stake in their own development.
Youths are being urged to attend the lecture and learn more about the important role of social enterprises for the development of self and community, and by extension country. For further information about the lecture, please contact The Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment, Ministry of the Presidency on telephone number: 223-5233 or the Guyana National Youth Council at gnycteam@gmail.com.