The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday announced the launch of its Short Story Writing Competition for young writers on the topic of Child Safety.
This new initiative forms part of the ‘Every Child Safe’ campaign that was launched by subject minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud in September, a release from the ministry said.
The age group being targeted is 12 years old and under, with the word limit being 250. Entries being sent in to the Ministry must be completed with the participant’s name, address, age and contact numbers.
The 10 best stories will be published in a book produced by the Ministry and young authors with winning entries will receive prizes
Submissions can be made at the Ministry’s East and Lamaha streets, Georgetown location, or can be emailed to prmohsss@gmail.com. The deadline is November 11, 2021.
Under ‘Every Child Safe’, more is done than just seek to make information available to the public. The release said that a personal and consistent check-in with members of communities all across Guyana is done for help to identify perpetrators and bring relief to sufferers.
“These communities become essential partners of ours, so that wherever child abuse rears its ugly head, we will be able to know because there are people out there as our eyes and ears. Perpetrators will have the eyes of an entire community on them, so no one can escape that kind of scrutiny,” Dr. Persaud has said.
Just recently, 25 girls who are members of vulnerable groups across Guyana were given the opportunity to write their stories and have them published under another project by the Ministry called, “The StoryBoard Initiative.”
