President David Granger announced on Saturday that his Government will be launching the Guyana Youth Corps on January 1, 2018.
A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the body will be aimed at providing employment and other opportunities for youths, particularly those, who have dropped out of school. The President made this announcement while addressing residents of Friendship Village in the Pomeroon River where he and Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally launched a kite distribution exercise. The President also shared out books and other gifts to the children of the Makaseema-Kabakaburi community in the Upper Pomeroon and Friendship Village in the Lower Pomeroon (Region Two).
Granger urged parents, teachers, community leaders and civil society bodies to