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50 students graduate from Zorg-en-Vlygt Sunrise Centre
Fifty students of the Guyana Foundation Sunrise Center, yesterday, graduated from the institution upon completion of their six-month course. The Guyana Foundation which is the parent organization set up its first Sunrise
Some of the graduants with Mrs Supriya Singh-Bodden
Center in the village of Zorg-en-Vlygt on the Essequibo Coast.
The centre provides counseling sessions and works closely with hospitals, churches and various community groups, in an effort to assist depressed individuals, as well as those who have contemplated suicide. The center’s main focus however, is to develop the skill-set of persons in Zorg-en-Vlygt and to enhance their access to economic opportunities.
As such, training courses have been offered in a variety of areas, including hairdressing, photography, IT training, floral/craft/wedding planning, music lessons, leather craft, massage techniques, soap-making, catering techniques and practices, makeup artistry and more, all cost free.
Founder of the Guyana Foundation, Mrs.Supriya Singh-Bodden, said that the centre provides an opportunity for many to come and develop a skill for free.
She added, “Once graduated these students can take their new skills back into their communities and venture into their own businesses. We have being trying to make provisions to assist students that would have completed a catering course, by just setting up a small shop so that they can get their firmly established catering business.”
Mrs. Singh-Bodden said that initially the Guyana Foundation recognized a need, and was determined to develop a holistic approach to address the issues which had been identified. These included depression and hopelessness, joblessness and the need for empowerment of women and young people.
She said that she believes the Zorg-en-Vlygt Sunrise Centre has made rapid progress over the past six months, particularly in training and empowering of youths.
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