GARD Receives Grant From Japan

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Economy

Friday, 30 March 2012 02:29

By caribarena.com

Antigua St John's - The GARD Centre (Gilbert Agricultural & Rural Development) has received US$89,075 from Japan to construct a training facility.

"The Project for Construction of Skill Training Centre for Vulnerable Youth” was signed on Thursday during a ceremony at the GARD Centre at Gilbert’s.

Executive Director of GARD Center Roberta Williams said “it is this project which is giving young persons who have dropped out of school, single young mothers and other youth who are unemployed or under-employed, a second chance.”

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have also partnered with GARD.

According to Williams, this partnership further improves the Centre's capacity to help vulnerable youth.

Masanobu Yoshii, the counselor at the Embassy of Japan, said this was the second Grassroots Project Japan is signing on to for Antigua, the first having being signed the same month as the grant for GARD centre.

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Minister of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Dr Edmond Mansoor spoke of the government’s and ministry’s commitment to assist the GARD Centre to empower young people. The Ministry of Information currently has a programme that offers internships to graduates and students from the Centre.

Dr Mansoor also spoke of an ICT Cadet programme that will be rolled out by the ministry in 2012 which will enable 75 students to participate in a one-year ICT job-training programme.

Through the grant assistance from the Japanese, two new classrooms will be constructed, including one which will house the 20 computers donated by the Ministry of Information’s Technology Initiative.

The project will provide skills training for the youth and open up opportunities for employment.

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