{"id":22370,"date":"2024-09-04T22:42:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22370"},"modified":"2024-09-04T22:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:42:40","slug":"governments-investment-in-amerindian-communities-highlighted-by-minister-sonia-parag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/governments-investment-in-amerindian-communities-highlighted-by-minister-sonia-parag\/","title":{"rendered":"Government&#8217;s Investment in Amerindian Communities Highlighted by Minister Sonia Parag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Kimberly Giddings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the recent National Toshaos&#8217; Conference (NTC), Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag, detailed the substantial investments made by the government in Amerindian villages since taking office in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With approximately $13.1 billion allocated across various programs, the government&#8217;s commitment to improving the lives of Amerindians was a key focus of her address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Parag highlighted specific allocations including $3.4 billion for public works, $3.2 billion for health services, $6.1 billion for education, and $448 million for agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These investments, in addition to funds from the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and other sector-specific programs, aim to enhance infrastructure, healthcare, education, and economic opportunities in hinterland communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also discussed the part-time job initiative, which supports around 3,400 individuals across Amerindian villages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program, introduced by President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo, aims to cushion the cost of living and provide income while developing new skills for participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Parag reaffirmed the government&#8217;s dedication to investing in indigenous communities and strengthening local democracy across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings At the recent National Toshaos&#8217; Conference (NTC), Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag, detailed the substantial investments made by the government in Amerindian villages&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22370","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=22370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22371,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22370\/revisions\/22371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}