First Lady Sandra Granger on Friday presented 46 women with certificates of completion of the Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop at Kildonan, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
The 46 women who successfully completed the Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop at Kildonan, Region Six. Also in picture are Barbara Pilgrim; Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Yvonne Smith; First Lady Sandra Granger; Deputy Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus Paulette Henry; and Region Six Chairman David Armogan
“This is just the beginning of your journey of becoming professional businesswomen. Because we all know education is a constant thing, life must be [about] constant learning. Concepts change, the situation changes, so, to grow and develop and be successful we have to adapt and we have to recognise what is going on around us,” Mrs Granger told the graduating class.
The First Lady encouraged the participants to come together for the benefit their communities, even as she told stories of other women who had successfully completed the Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop in Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and fought for the betterment of their communities. “There’s nothing like unified action. There’s nothing like getting together and [using] the force of people with their ideas and that vision moving forward to get it done,” Mrs Granger said.
Director of Interweave Solutions Incorporated, Wayne Barrow told the group that he was amazed by the overwhelming response they received from the women during the workshop. He also noted that within the workshop, the women were able to divide themselves into seven groups aimed at improving their communities in one way or the other.
Meanwhile Deputy Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus and Chairperson of the Lands and Survey Committee, Paulette Henry, who delivered the feature address, encouraged the participants to further develop their skills. “Every woman has the capacity to do, to become, to grow and I know that all of you here are coming out stronger than you were before. You are strong in the first instance. This is helping to empower you. This is helping to make you to become truly self-reliant,” Henry noted.
Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan, and Regional Executive Office Kim Williams-Stephen were also in attendance.
