MAB hosts successful Father’s Day event in Albouystown

Jun 21, 2016 News

With the objective to motivate and inspire men on the basis of improving on their roles as fathers, scores of men in the community of Albouystown gathered on Sunday to engage in the annual Father’s Day event

Participants of Father’s Day Event successfully hosted by the Ministry of Social Protection Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB) in Albouystown on Sunday

organised by the Ministry of Social Protection Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB).
The initiative titled ‘Heart of a Father’ hosted in collaboration with the faith-based organisations of Albouystown, featured a number of cultural presentations of song, drama, poetry and dance.
The programme was hosted at the Albouystown Technical Institute, at the compound of Heavenly Light Full Gospel Church, Cooper Street Albouystown.
The Father’s Day event attracted speakers from the Muslim, Christian and Hindu religious sect as well as featured addresses from MAB Administrator, Diego Alphonso and Minister of Social Protection and Labour, Volda Lawrence.
Minister Lawrence listed the admirable characteristics associated with men who have taken on the role of fathers.
The Minister said that adjectives such as leader, hardworking, strong, muscular, protector and provider are all words which when combined can adequately described the man whose role cannot be easily replaced in society.
According to the Minister, a father’s role is one which is interconnected to building the family as well as the community.
She noted the intersectionality and potential of the male figure should be at all times a reason to celebrate fathers.
Meanwhile, MAB administrator Diego Alphonso noted that this year, the programme was taken to the Albouystown community because the unit is seeking to reach similar neighbourhoods with which the subject of fatherhood is debatable.
“We have decided to engage communities such as Albouystown on the subject of fatherhood, the patriarch and the like… We view this initiative as a necessity because in communities like these, there exists in significant numbers delinquent behaviour directly linked to the absence of the father figure in the home,” Alphonso stated.
The administrator said that the MAB is embarking similar initiatives in the near future.
The MAB was established within the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security with the responsibility of partnering, organizing and coordinating the activities of men to achieve their full potential as participants in Guyana’s social, cultural and economic development.

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