Residents of Victoria, East Coast Demerara are expected to benefit from skills training and employment opportunities through the Community-based Employment Stimulation Project (CESP).
CESP is executed through the Ministry of Housing and Water-Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA). Under this initiative, concrete blocks will be produced by villagers and supplied to contractors building homes through the national housing programme, a release from the CHPA said yesterday.
Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal; CHPA Deputy Director of Community Development, Donell Bess-Bascom and technical staff engaged the residents on the initiative, at the Community Centre Ground last evening.
Start-up resources, such as tools, will be furnished to these groups, who have already identified suitable lands for the project. A crucial step in the process involves block-making training for these groups, which will be under by CHPA’s Projects Department in September 2023.
