Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill, visited the community of Kwakwani recently at which time the One Laptop Per Family Programme (OLPF) was engaged in distribution of over 700 laptops to families in Kwakwani and nearby communities along the Berbice River. GINA said that Edghill explained to residents that in common-law marriages where persons reside in the same household, with different last names, they are still considered a single family by the Government.
It is not fair for us to give two and three laptops per home when someone else could have gotten the opportunity to receive a laptop. Let us be our brother’s keeper! Let us not try to trick the system,” the Minister urged.
He said that the aim and objective of the OLPF programme is to carry out a promise made by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, through former President Bharrat Jagdeo.
When we make a promise we fulfill it! It may take a while, but when you are sharing things there has to be a system,” Edghill said, according to GINA.
“Former President Jagdeo initiated the OLPF and President (Donald) Ramotar addressed and continued the project,” Edghill stated.
He noted that the laptop can be an enabling tool for children to perform better in schools because of the wide availability of information via the internet.
