Nine West Coast Demerara women will be able to improve their culinary skills through a cooking course organized by the police in ‘D’ Division and held at the Madina’s Halaal Restaurant at De Willem.
The practical session commenced on Wednesday with the women “working along with the chefs” to gain firsthand experience in preparing a variety of Creole dishes according to restaurant standards.
At the end of the six-week empowerment course they would be awarded certificates and would also be armed with skills to set up their own businesses.
It was held in collaboration with the Station Management Committee (SMC) as part of the division’s C-PETS project – Creating a Positive Environment through Safer Community & Partnership.
On Wednesday the women attended an introduction session at the restaurant along with members of the SMC, senior superintendent, Stephen Mansel and other senior officers.
Proprietor of the restaurant Halim ‘Noel’ Khan, a member, told this newspaper that the course is also aimed at helping the women to prepare better “Guyanese food” at home so that their children “would not want to eat too much fast food.”
The course is part of a series of training schemes that the police and SMC are conducting through the C-PETS project.
C-PETS Project
The C-PETS was launched last July at the Tuschen Market Tarmac through the initiative