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RHT 46th Anniversary 1970-2016…RHTY&SC, MS Cricket teams host successful Career and Business Fair

Sep 25, 2016 Sports

Over 8000 students drawn from across the ancient county of Berbice at the Primary and Secondary levels are now better equipped to make decisions on a future career. The students on Thursday last visited the well organised and highly successful Career and Business Fair organised by the Cricket teams of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS in observance of the 46th anniversary celebration of Rose Hall Town.
Event Coordinator and Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC, Hilbert foster hailed the Career and Business Fair as one of the largest organised in Guyana with a total of 67 NGO’s, Government Agencies, International Agencies, Companies and schools in attendance. The main objectives of the event were to assist youths to make career choices, to educate youths on qualifications needed for the different careers, to expose youths to mentors, to promote businesses in Guyana, to attract investments to the township and to promote the Club’s Say Yes to Education and Sports Message.
Minister Dominic Gaskin and a team from the Ministry of Business spent over two hours visiting the different booths and later in an invited comment to the media, stated that he was highly impressed by the organisation of the Career and Business Fair and the wide range of exhibits. Minster with responsibilities for Housing, Valerie Patterson and a team from the Ministry also used the opportunity of the Career Fair to launch a countrywide consultation with youths on a housing policy for youths. The Government of Guyana is seeking to reduce the age limit from 21 years to 18 years for owning a house and youths present agreed with the proposal.
Among the exhibitors present at the event were GBTI, Republic Bank, Scotia Bank, Ministry of Housing, Nand Persaud Co. Ltd, Metro Office Supplies, UNDP, FAO, PAHO/WHO, Guyana Tourism Authority, Food for the Poor, Guyana Aviation Authority, Guyana Prison Service, Guyana Police Force, Guyana Fire Service, New Amsterdam Technical Institute, Upper Corentyne Technical Institute, National Library, RHTY&SC, GRPA, Comforting Hearts, NAREI, University of Guyana, Small Business Bureau, Ministry of Health, Ansa Mcal, Busta, Bank of Guyana, National Trust, GPOC, GWI, Guyana School of Agriculture, NDIA, Child Care Protection Agency, Guyana Revenue Authority, Go Invest, Environmental Protection Agency, RHT Council, New Amsterdam Secondary Schools, Lower Corentyne Secondary Schools among others.
Students and other members of the general public while visiting the booths were able to interact with staff of the different agencies and collect educational materials. Visitors were also able to receive a wide array of souvenirs while the RHTY&SC used the opportunity to distribute copies of its Rose Hall Town History and Youth Information Booklets along with thousands of posters and leaflets to promote the Club’s Say Yes to Education/Sports Message.
The RHTY&SC, MS and the Cricket teams – Farfan and Mendes Under 15, Bakewell Under 17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under 19 and Intermiade, Metro Female and Gizmos & Gadgets Under 21 and First Division would like to express gratitude to the Mayor and Town Council of Rose Hall Town especially Mayor Vijai Ramoo, Dave Budhu and Tricia Hammer, the Guyana Police Force ‘B’ Division, the Ministry of Business, Ansa Mcal, Guyana Beverage Company, Digicel, Poonai Drugs Store, LRTVS CH10, DTV-8, GPL, Republic Bank, Food for the Poor, Mohammed Raffik, Balram Shane General Store, Guyana Tourism Authority and the Police Traffic Department especially Berbice Traffic Chief Boodnarine Persaud and Inspector Ross for their cooperation.
Foster disclosed that with the Business and Career Fair being such a big success, the Management of the RHTY&SC would most likely to make it an annual event.

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