Several Amerindian villages receive sport gear

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The Amerindian Affairs Ministry as part of its goal of encouraging sport development and promoting community activities and youth development within the hinterland, recently presented a quantity of sporting equipment inclusive of cricket balls, bats, pads, footballs, and nets to several Amerindian villages in Region Eight.
Kato, Kurukubaru, Kamana, Kopinang and Waipa were on the receiving end of this contribution. The items were handed over when Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai and team visited the communities, from October 24 to 26.
Government has been focusing on encouraging the development of sport in the hinterland region. The Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry is at present working to establish a hinterland sport programme that will come on stream next year.
Whilst in Region Eight, Minister Sukhai also handed over to Kopinang, a brush cutter that the village will use to maintain the yard of its nursery and primary schools. Waipa, an extremely remote village on the Guyana/Brazil border was also supplied with an ATV. The school uniform material for the community’s children for the next school term was also distributed.

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