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Jun 04, 2013 News
Aspiring to equip secondary school students with the necessary tools that will assist them in making wise career choices, the Durban Park Lions club, on Friday hosted its annual Career Day fair.
Coordinator of fair and Executive member of the group, Ms Jocelyn Josiah, said that secondary schools from across Georgetown were the main target. The programme showcased organisations from
both the private and public sector.
The one day event featured booths from the Ministry of health, Guyana Police Force, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Carnegie School of Economics, GuySuCo, Air Services limited, Banks DIH Limited and the Guyana Institute of Architecture.
The participating schools included Lodge Secondary School, Tucville Secondary School, Dolphin Secondary School, Carmel Community High School and New Amsterdam Secondary School.
Josiah said that the programme is keeping with the group motto, “we serve,”
She said that throughout the years the Durban Park Lions Club has hosted and coordinated initiatives that foster youth, community and family development. The 64-member group operates basically by way of fundraisers.
“Every year we have fundraisers one of our notable events is the Sunny September brunch where the monies go to these projects, over the years we have done a lot of hands on projects where schools and other community based organizations benefited. We do it with team effort”’
The D’Urban Park Lions Club is currently involved in spearing an annual health drive, and life skills and training programmes
“The health drive is one whereby several children and elderly persons have benefited from dental, optometry and other medical check-ups, and we are hosting training programmes for young people at the Tucville Assembly of God Church,”
Last Thursday’s event was hosted at the Girls guide Pavilion, Georgetown.
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