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Major General (rtd) Joe Singh on Tuesday last presented a $1M cheque to the project coordinator of North West Organics, Annette Arjoon as part of the programme to pursue the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).The money should be used to purchase machinery such as choppers and grinders,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, and is geared towards improving the production of peanut butter and cocoa sticks.During the presentation at the Private Sector Commission, Arjoon said that money would help increase the production of peanut butter and cocoa sticks.Arjoon recently said that the North West Organic group has secured an overseas market, the Hi-Low Supermarket in Trinidad and Tobago,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, for its peanut butter.At present, though, the group is only capable of supplying its lone customer,Cheap Jerseys From China, Le Meridien.Major General (rtd) Singh said that this project would help in the empowerment of women in the community.At the presentation,cheap authentic jerseys, representatives from various agencies such as Go- Invest,China Jerseys Cheap, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),Wholesale China Jerseys, among others,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, voiced their continued participation and support for the project.Ms Arjoon expressed her appreciation for the money and said that it would go a far way in making a difference for women in that community.She added that the donation would also bring a change in the indigenous communities of Guyana.The group that would be the prime recipients of the funding under the North West Organics initiative is the Blue Flame Women’s group.The National Working Group (NWG) on Public Private Partnerships for the attainment of the MDGs is a direct outcome of the first Caribbean initiative expressly geared at establishing a development partnership with the private sector in the pursuit of the MDGs which was held in Guyana at the end of June 2005. |
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