{"id":21274,"date":"2024-07-10T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21274"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:00:50","slug":"bit-empowers-women-in-coomacka-with-culinary-skills-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/bit-empowers-women-in-coomacka-with-culinary-skills-training\/","title":{"rendered":"BIT Empowers Women in Coomacka with Culinary Skills Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Women from Coomacka and neighboring communities are enhancing their culinary skills through a training program offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spearheaded by Venice Thom, a seasoned professional with two decades of experience in the culinary industry, the program is hosted at Coomacka Primary School&#8217;s kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to equip 14 women, aged between 26 and 54, with comprehensive skills in commercial food preparation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curriculum covers cooking techniques, recipes, kitchen safety, and includes supplementary classes in mathematics and English from Mondays to Thursdays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thom expressed confidence that by the program&#8217;s conclusion in four months, participants will be prepared to either establish their own food ventures or secure employment in established food businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trainees like Yomona Fraser and Shelisa Codogan expressed enthusiasm for the opportunity to expand their culinary knowledge and fulfill long-held aspirations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natoya Fredricks highlighted the program&#8217;s positive impact on her entrepreneurial ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During NCN&#8217;s visit, trainees were actively engaged in practical sessions, creating dishes such as mince swirls, with plans to advance to main course meal preparations soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative not only empowers women with valuable skills but also supports local economic development by fostering small business growth within Coomacka and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Shawnette Fiedtkou, NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women from Coomacka and neighboring communities are enhancing their culinary skills through a training program offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). Spearheaded by Venice Thom, a seasoned professional&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21276,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21274\/revisions\/21276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}