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While its primary aim remains to lend support to the housing sector in Guyana, Habitat for Humanity Guyana (HfHG) is stretching its barriers to accommodate the enhancement of marginalised communities in Regions Three, Four and Ten.The areas of focus were selected by means of the Participatory Market System Development; a methodology employed by the organisation to carry out a study of the housing sector. The study zeroed in on those who have encountered obstacles when seeking to secure homes, as well as low income families.Participants at the HVP session held in GeorgetownThrough the training course, the Habitat Volunteer Programme (HVP), the initiative undertaken by the organization, is being recognised.The HVP was implemented as the need to educate HfHG’s volunteer base on acquiring knowledge and skills to be used in enhancing the deprived communities became necessary.The training commenced last month with workshops being held at the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School and more recently at the CIDA Programme Support Unit building in Georgetown.It was noted that the HVP is an interlude into a wider programme by the international organisation. HfHG’s Program Development Consultant, Donna Pierre, explained that it is patterned after the organisation’s global strategy to design and implement programmes that will facilitate sustained development of communities, which will later trigger enhancement in the housing sector and subsequently the wider society.Specific objectives of the programme that were identified included supporting developments of communities across Guyana, while increasing the number of skilled community volunteers.According to Pierre,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, orientation sessions were held in the various regions, prior to the programme’s start-up, where communities highlighted their needs. Following the orientation sessions, along with the feedback from the communities’ participants, the organisation identified key areas that would be targeted within the initiative’s borders. These included the exercises on developing leadership skills, lessons on financial literacy, disaster risk reduction and response, and construction.The sessions are expected to close during the coming weeks with the final training courses being hosted in the three aforementioned regions. |
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