– Programme to boost employment opportunities for vulnerable individuals

MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, will launch a Garment and Accessories Cottage Industry Initiative on Monday. The project would commission individuals to sew over 200,000 masks which will be distributed countrywide including schools, heath and child care facilities.

A press release from the Ministry quoted Minister Persaud as saying that the mask project “is aimed at improving the livelihood of families by increasing their access to economic opportunities, while sustaining a ready supply of increased demand for face masks, throughout the 10 Administrative regions.

“The Ministry is inundated with persons who need financial assistance and this project allows some of these disadvantaged individuals to become gainfully employed.”
Persons, especially in the low-income bracket, who can sew and have sewing machines in their possession, can uplift application forms from any of the Ministry’s security guard huts or the Regional Democratic Council offices countrywide.

Individuals who lost their income during the COVID-19 pandemic; individuals with disabilities; unemployed persons who head single parent households; victims of Gender-based Violence and Trafficking and Women Groups are eligible to apply.

The application forms would be available at any of the Ministry’s security guard huts and Regional Democratic Council Offices countrywide; or download it from the Ministry’s website: https://mhsss.gov.gy/forms.html

Deadline to return the application Form is Friday, October 30, 2020 at 16:00h, either through the post and must be addressed to: Hymawattie Lagan, 1 Water and Cornhill Streets, Stabroek or email to hlagan136@gmail.com

For further information and clarification, persons can contact Ms. Lagan on 672-1653.