THE Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of region 10 is calling on central government and other stakeholders to collaborate with the council to spearhead more youth developmental projects through sports.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, Chairman of the RDC, Deron Adams, stated that he believes that much can be achieved with investing in the region’s sports department.

“My vision and that of the council is one which is to ensure that, as policy makers, we create an enabling environment for youths to prosper and for them to grow and develop themselves,” he said adding: “I think, through sports, this is one way we can have this achieved; we know that region ten is the talent basket of the country; many top athletes came out from this region.”

The chairman stated that, in the New Year, he is looking forward for the completion of the synthetic track and for more emphasis being placed on sports at the school level in the region to guide the children, who are transitioning into adulthood, on prosperous career path.
“We have taken steps to have sports officers appointed that can connect directly with all the schools across the region, going and do training and doing psychical education with them.”

He added that while the council has been doing some work on its own, there is much more work needed to be done and such can be executed with the full support of the central government and other stakeholders.
“Any project that will come to the region that will improve sports, create employment and improve young people and their social and economic wellbeing, I am in support of that.”

He noted that the council has been donating sports gears to a number of clubs in the region, however, with additional support and even more funding, the region will be able to produce even more talented athletes.

I would have been donating sports gears to clubs, cricket gears and football and all of these, but there is only so much that my office can do,” he said adding: “We need central government to build upon what they would have achieved and complete the works that have already been done and invest in the region; I will support that.”