Justice Education Society (JES) programme in Guyana to conclude September

May 09, 2026 News

Police prosecutors, members of the DPP’s office following a JES training with DPP and Police Prosecutors.

(Kaieteur News) – The Canadian Funded Justice Education Society (JES) Guyana Programme will conclude its operations in Guyana in September, a statement from the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office (DPP) said on Friday.

According to the statement, the JES worked closely with the DPP over the last four years.

JES Country Director Lisa Thompson, accompanied by its International Programme Director Gavin Martyn, recently thanked the DPP Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, for her office’s support through collaborated outreaches and community meetings, primarily in Regions 1 and 9.

Ali-Hack said while JES has done a good job through its work in sensitizing and educating the Amerindian communities, particularly the women and girls on domestic and sexual violence, it is critical for Toshaos (Village Leaders) and other senior village councilors to be trained.

“Education is needed for a generational change and the ideal way to do it is to go and interact with the people to educate them, buy into them…they are well educated and they are smart. Once the Amerindians are exposed to education, they will develop. We try to educate them on their rights,” the DPP said.

DPP Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC meets with JES’s Country Director Lisa Thompson and International Programme Director Gavin Martyn.

Further, the DPP reminded that she too has been a strong advocate for Amerindians to take their education seriously at every level. She said she has repeatedly urged the youth to return to their communities after they would have completed their studies in a bid to continue development. Ali-Hack said that with electricity and internet connectivity Amerindians are now exposed to new opportunities.

Meanwhile, the DPP thanked JES for work done in Guyana while noting that because of the similarities between Canada’s Indigenous Communicates and Guyana’s Canada is best suited to provide guidance on Indigenous issues.

“Canada is an ideal place to guide Guyana in Amerindian/Indigenous Communities… you are developed in the areas of internet and technology,” Ali-Hack said.

The DPP’s office together with JES has hosted several outreaches in several Amerindian communities including Moruca and Baramita in Region 1 and the Deep South Rupununi villages of Potarinau, Shulinab, Meriwau and Quiko in Region 9.

Additionally, JES in collaboration with the DPP’s office trained members of the Guyana Police Force in Regions 1 and 9, police prosecutors and staff of the DPP’s office on culture sensitization.

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