– beneficiaries

THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s (MHSSS) Women Innovation Investment Network (WIIN) has made significant strides in its efforts to supply quality education, maintain gender equality and decent work and economic growth among women and youth in Guyana.

Kristoff Roberts, a beneficiary of the WIIN programme, related to the Guyana Chronicle that although he thought that it only targeted women, he decided to apply for the Project Management Level One course anyway. He was later chosen for the programme and according to him he wanted to gain knowledge and skill in that particular area.

Given his excellent experience, he advises all to engage in the various opportunities being offered throughout the country and to use them to improve themselves academically.

He said: “I think the opportunity right now in Guyana for persons to elevate themselves is there, and for men, I think the government is providing a lot of opportunities for both males and females and even young people to elevate themselves academically. I believe that persons should grab onto that.”

Meanwhile, Yolanda Jupiter, age 24, studied child care in May 2023, and returned this year for the Care for the elderly programme.

The young woman commended the efforts made by course instructors to ensure the programme material being taught is understood.

She too used the opportunity to advise others to apply and be a part of the WIIN training programme.
From 2022 to present, the WIIN has impacted more than 8,000 women who took up the various skill training opportunities that were made available.

This year, the ministry took it a step further to include men in the programme.

It was previously reported by this newspaper that some 1,000 men will benefit from a series of training opportunities offered through the ministry’s MPOWER programme, an extension of the WIIN.

Minister of MHSSS, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, in an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI) had explained that the intention of MPOWER is to offer men the same opportunities that women have been given through the WIIN.

MPOWER was chosen as the name of this new venture, to symbolise the government’s commitment to ensuring that the vast empowerment opportunities are accessible to all segments of society.