THE Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), as part of its continuous safety campaign, travelled to Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) last Friday to distribute life jackets and erect safety signs. The Department said that a total of one hundred and ninety-two children’s lifejackets were distributed to four schools in the Pomeroon River; Martindale Primary School, Marlboro Primary

School, Lilydale Primary School and the Hackney Primary School.

The Heads of the recipient schools gleefully accepted the lifejackets on behalf of their students and expressed their gratitude for this timely initiative. The officers from the Department demonstrated to the students and teachers the proper way in which the lifejackets are to be worn, and stressed the importance of wearing a lifejacket every time they are in an open boat.
Meanwhile, safety posters were erected at the Supenaam and Charity Stellings.
MARAD will continue with campaigns of this nature throughout the country with the hope that it will inculcate a maritime safety consciousness in Guyana, an attitude of

wearing a lifejacket, and most importantly saving lives on the country’s waterways.