The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs’ Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme kicked off in Paramakatoi on Thursday with more than two dozen young people registering for the skills’ development scheme.
Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe and her ministerial team along with Joel Fredricks, Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), made the trip to the Region 8 community to launch the programme.
Addressing residents at the Paramakatoi Multipurpose Centre, Minister Garrido-Lowe referenced the recently cancelled Youth Entre-preneurship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP), under which almost 2,000 Indigenous youth were recruited as Community Support Officers. She noted that the