There is an air of expectancy amongst Home Econo-mists as their umbrella organisation, the Guyana Association of Home Economists (GAHE) prepares to host the March/ April, 2014, 22nd Biannual Conference of the Carib-bean Association of Home Economists (CAHE). It is a prestigious assignment which the organisation – an interesting mix of youth and experience – has embraced with evident enthusiasm.
CAHE comprises Home Economists from across the English-speaking Caribbean, Puerto Rico, the United States and Australia, among other countries. Veteran Guya-nese Home Economist Janice Mason told Stabroek Business this week that it was not unlikely that as many as 300 CAHE members may converge on Georgetown for the forum. Neither Mason nor GAHE’s youthful Presi-dent, Cyril Potter College of Education Lecturer Stacia Skinner are under any illusions about the magnitude of the task ahead of them. Both expect, however,