Board of Industrial Training launches programme to empower youths

Youths and others at the launch

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) continues to help train youths to be a part of Guyana’s economic boom and this time it has collaborated with the Male Empowerment Network (MEN) and United States Agency for International Develop-ment (USAID)-Youth Resilience Inclusion and Empowerment (Y- RIE) programme to launch the Guyana Ignite programme with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, a BIT release stated on Wednesday.

The event took place at Cara Lodge, Quamina Street, Georgetown, and the collaboration is expected to provide comprehensive professional development and workforce readiness for at- risk youth residing in communities, such as, Sophia, New Amsterdam, Charlestown, Werk-en-Rust, and Albouystown.