Sports Ministry programme sees basketball hoops installed at Ithaca

Jul 03, 2022 Sports

Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, the Honourable Charles Ramson Jr, continues to see his vision for a transformation in the sports landscape in Guyana moving step by step. Latest step in the forward march of the ministry resulted in the Volunteer Apprenticeship Community Support programme, a creation of the Ministry, continuing its envisioned mandate of municipal advancement.

Team Work makes Dreams Work: Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson (third from right) is joined by residents of Ithaca as they come together to put up basketball hoops in the Berbice community.

This saw the installation of high-quality Mega Slam branded basketball hoops in the West Berbice community of Ithaca.

The initiative, which directly correlates, and aligns with the Government of Guyana’s intended developmental sphere, was realized on Sunday June 26th 2022, as a cadre of officials, led by the architect of the enterprise, the Honourable Minister Ramson Jr, descended on the burgeoning facility.

Other persons who made the journey to the West Berbice village included Director of Youth, Mr. Suresh Singh, the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mr. Kashif Muhammad, Commissioners of the National Sports Commission Mr. Dellon Davidson and Ms. Cristy Campbell, and National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia.

Rehabilitative works, which were aided following the welcomed involvement of the community’s populace, were immediately undertaken at the venue. This encompassed the casting of the playing surface, reconstruction, and painting of both bleachers, painting of the washroom facilities, as well as landscaping, and clearing of the nearby drains.

Ithaca, as the latest beneficiary of the programme which is yet to reach its pinnacle, is evidence and testament of the current administration’s emphasis on community empowerment, which is a fundamental tenet and important facet of social cohesion.

The pledged, and eventual delivery of the basketball systems, is once again indicative of Minister Ramson Jr’s commitment not only to the development of Guyana’s sporting landscape, but the advancement of the nation’s human capital, which is its most important natural resource.

A release noted that, Sport is a catalyst for not only individual advancement but community progression, and initiatives akin to the Volunteer Apprenticeship Community Support programme, once allowed to foster, has the capacity to not only alter the local backdrop from a sporting standpoint, but a collective, and societal perspective.

This approach, and overall ideology of Minister Ramson Jr, is merely a byproduct, and derivative of the Government of Guyana’s objective in nurturing social cohesion in every sector, with sport being historically recognized on the international scene as a unifying force, and bridge amongst all creeds.

After all, Minister Ramson Jr., and the Government of Guyana, is cognizant that social cohesion is the process of building common values, and communities, which enables the populace to be part of a fellowship, a common enterprise, and that they are members of a collective humanity.

This is essentially relevant more than ever, as the Government of Guyana cultivates its current platform of ‘One Guyana’, which is a direct representation, and a localized interpretation of Social Cohesion, in a bid to foster solidarity and an overarching sense of belonging amongst all groups in society.

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