Global Youth Movement – Guyana recently launched its Berbice Shines Environment Project aimed at promoting clean and healthy communities in regions Five and Six.
At a brief opening ceremony held on Saturday Mark Ross, Executive Direc-tor of the Guyana chapter, said the project was conceived on the heels of the success of the Guyana Shines programme implemented in Georgetown to raise awareness about proper waste disposal. The group is already implementing a $23M Community Environment, Health and Recycling Project in Region Five funded by the United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility–Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) the scope of which has now been expanded to include Region Six, a press release said.
Ross and US Embassy Youth Ambassador Lauristan Choy developed the programme for Berbice to address littering and