Region Two Department of Culture, Youth and Sport brings holiday cheer

BRIGHT smiles were seen on hundreds of children’s faces in Region Two as the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport hosted its annual Children’s Party. The party was held on Friday at the Queenstown Primary and Nursery School and 200 children received toys and party bags with goodies.

According to Culture and Youth Officer Mr. Herald Alves, the party is an annual event and aims at bringing joy to children especially during the festive season of Christmas. He said the party is part of the department’s 2018 programme and gears at building relationships and fostering social cohesion amongst villagers and young people.

Alves said that toys and goodies were donated by friends and associates of the department. “This shows the department’s efforts in networking. [We] just facilitated the party part, everything else was provided by donors,” he said.

This is the sixth party held by the department in Region Two over the years. The others were hosted in Bethany, Mashabo, Red Village, Onderneeming and Malbrough, Lower Pomeroon River.

Children were excited and were even seen peeping in their party bags. They thanked the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport for the goodies during the season.