43 to benefit from First Lady’s second Early Childhood Development Workshop
Participants in the First Lady’s Early Childhood Development Workshop which opened earlier yesterday at the Regency Suites Hotel.
Participants in the First Lady’s Early Childhood Development Workshop which opened earlier yesterday at the Regency Suites Hotel.

FORTY THREE persons will benefit from the First Lady’s second Early Childhood Development Workshop. They will be exposed to theoretical and practical training.
Yesterday (Tuesday, November 12) the Office of the First Lady opened the three-week workshop at the Regency Suites.

The participants, which included two men, were drawn from the Buxton Day-care Centre, the Office of the First Lady, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), the Lusignan Learning Centre, the St John’s Bosco Boys Orphanage and Women Across Differences (WAD).

The workshop is spearheaded by First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT).

The participants will also benefit from a one-week training session in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) at the Guyana Red Cross Society.

Facilitator, Paulette Bollers, in her overview, said that the workshop will equip the participants with the basic skills of Early Childhood Development and teach them about the important role they play in the foundation of a child’s growth and development.

“The early moments of a child’s life matter. Your impact can last a lifetime. Some of these moments may seem small to you, but these moments, big or small, can alter the development of a child’s brain. It is a critical period of a child’s life … People who are working in the Early Childhood Development sectors must be knowledgeable because we cannot make mistakes because if we do, we can damage a child’s future,” she said.

Confidential Secretary to the First Lady, Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Smith, encouraged participants to complete the workshop, as it would enable them to graduate with an accredited certificate, which they can use to gain employment.

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