PAHO/WHO donates bins to Enterprise Nursery

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Adriannas Vlugman, Senior Advisor at PAHO (centre) along with Delma Nedd, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education (to his left) pose with one of the bins and teachers, students and parents of the Enterprise Nursery School.
Adriannas Vlugman, Senior Advisor at PAHO (centre) along with Delma Nedd, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education (to his left) pose with one of the bins and teachers, students and parents of the Enterprise Nursery School.

The Enterprise Nursery School on Friday received a donation of five bins as part of an initiative by the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) to improve environment and sanitation conditions in schools around the city.

Adriannas Vlugman, Senior Advisor at PAHO (centre) along with Delma Nedd, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education (to his left) pose with one of the bins and teachers, students and parents of the Enterprise Nursery School.
Adriannas Vlugman, Senior Advisor at PAHO (centre) along with Delma Nedd, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education (to his left) pose with one of the bins and teachers, students and parents of the Enterprise Nursery School.

In a release, PAHO said that last May, meetings were held between officials from the Ministry of Education and all head teachers in the Georgetown district and one of the many issues highlighted was insufficient waste disposal units.

PAHO answered the call to partner with the ministry and committed US$5,000 to facilitate the procurement of bins for schools within the Georgetown district. To date, 20 schools have benefited from this initiative, which has seen a total of 100 bins donated, it added.