IOM’s Senior Regional Coordination Officer and Chief of Mission, Robert Natiello hands over sanitisation items to Ministry of Education officials.
The donation is to maintain a healthy and safe environment for students in schools. The items that were handed over include liquid hand soap, hand sanitizer and manual dispensers.
The Ministry of Ministry of Human Services and Social Security was also acknowledged for its efforts to integrate migrants in Guyana.
Katherine Aguero, the Associate Protection Officer for the organisation told reporters that the Education Ministry’s support has made their efforts relatively easy to get migrant children into the classrooms.
She said Warao children, indigenous Amerindians inhabiting northeastern Venezuela, are allowed to register at schools and be a part of learning sessions.
This is done even when they do not have all the documentation that schools require.
‘Guyana en espanol’, is a cultural guide designed for Spanish-speaking migrants in GuyanaMeanwhile, Jermaine Grant, the PADF project director in Guyana, explained that the body works with these children in several coastal and hinterland regions where most migrants have settled. He said that the organisation has after school classes where representatives help the children to better understand the work they were taught during the day.
The organisation also has text books which are written in Spanish, ‘Guyana en espanol’, is a cultural guide designed for Spanish-speaking migrants in Guyana. The book is used to further advance the goal of supporting the integration of migrant families into their host communities.
