Ministry develops Village Youth Sport Groups in Region 1

Youths in the Mabaruma and Moruca Sub-Regions, Region One, are the beneficiaries of a quantity of sports gear donated by the Ministry for the formation of Youth Sports groups. Sports development in Amerindian Villages/ Communities is among the priorities of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

The sports items were handed over on February 24, 2012 at the Ministry’s Office, Georgetown, which included a quantity of footballs, volleys balls, cricket balls and bats at the tune of $80,000. The items were collected by the Interns on behalf of the group. The interns will be working with youths of Mabaruma and students of Santa Rosa Secondary School, to establish Youth Sport groups.


Interns from the International Youth Aboriginal Internship programme receives sports gear from the PRDO Anil Roberts, Project Coordination Sharon Austin and Project Officer Eishwar Sasenarine.

The sports programme initiative will be implemented by the Aboriginal interns that are attached to the Ministry and stationed in the Sub-Regions. The International Aboriginal Youth Internship Programme is collaboration between the Ministry and the Canadian Institute of Planners of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA.


An intern receives a football from the PRDO Anil Roberts, MoAA

The Villages will benefit from the services of the Interns for a period of six months. The Interns will be working in partnership with the Villages to develop social and economic projects to create greater awareness in the areas of eco-tourism, culture, information, communication and technology (ICT), Sports and social issues. They are also tasked to provide on the ground support to the National Hinterland Secure livelihood Programme (NHSLP).