Social issues training in Hinterland Villages

Nov 22, 2017 News

Forty five indigenous village leaders and councilors from North Rupununi recently benefitted from sensitization training. They were enlightened about their rights and responsibilities under the Sexual Offences Act, the Domestic Violence Act, the Labour Act and the Combating Trafficking in Persons act.
Twenty-two leaders from eight communities in the Karasabai area and 23 from 12 communities from the Annai Area attended the workshop.

The training team and members of the community.

According to Senior Welfare Officer in the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Pauline Welch, “This session was done because when social issues arise, persons living in the communities are most times unaware of the procedures that should be followed, therefore the Welfare Department sees the importance of sensitizing community leaders of these important issues, thus empowering them to better handle the situations when they arise”.
The aim of the sensitization training was to have at least two persons who are community leaders from each village in the region, be trained and they would in turn return to their respective communities and share the information received with the residents.
The Ministry recently appointed four Welfare Officers and three Community Development Officers for these Sub Regions. The appointees all attended the programme.
These sessions were conducted by Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs Welfare Personnel, Ms. Pauline Welch; and Ms. Onika Bishop, and Mr. Basdeo- Labour Officer from the Ministry of Social Protection.
The Ministries over the years have been working with respective communities and villages across Guyana to spread awareness of the social issues that are prevalent, and bring leaders up to speed as it relates to their roles and responsibilities as well as the ideal approaches in addressing same.
The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs has recognized that with four trained Welfare Officers in the field much more work will be done.

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