The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, through their Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute’s and Women Innovative and Investment Network (WIIN) has so far distributed a total of $16.2 million to over 200 women as seed funds to enable women to ‘start-up’, ‘build’ and ‘foster’ their entrepreneurial businesses.
According to a release from the ministry, over 700 persons from regions Two, Three, Four, Six and Ten were contacted in its initial stage and were guided on the process of how to correctly complete the proposal that would qualify them for the grant. In order to procure the grants, the participants were required to complete a WIIN training course and then utilize WIIN in a business workshop held in partnership with the ministry and the World Food Programme (WFP). As a consequence, some 216 cash grants were distributed to 157 persons to enable their new businesses to become registered, while 39 received grants for renewal of registration and another 20 who already had businesses with a valid registration.