GARD teams up with Project Hope for new Computer Repair course

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GARD Center has joined forces with Project Hope creating the building blocks for both institutions to develop stronger ties in delivering much needed educational, vocational and social programmes for underserved youth in Antigua and Barbuda.
The partnership between the two institutions was formed to deliver an ICT course in Computer Repair to vulnerable unemployed and underemployed young people between the ages of 17 and 25, with an emphasis on males. Trainees are studying operating systems, software applications, networking, hardware, trouble shooting, repair and maintenance, as well as remedial maths and English, and life skills.

GARD Center Registration Fair – April 2013

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Potential Entrepreneur at Registration Fair-18 April 2013
Potential Entrepreneur at Registration Fair-18 April 2013

The Gilbert Agricultural and Rural Development Center (GARD Center) held a Registration Fair for its upcoming training courses under the European Union sponsored ‘The Empowerment of Vulnerable Young Women in Antigua and Barbuda in Their Income Generation’ (YWEP).  The Fair was held at the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda on 17 & 18 April 2013, between the hours of 10:00 am – 2:00 pm daily.  During this period  our target group of young women (between the ages of 16 – 35 years) showed up in large numbers.
The Registration Fair was deemed a success, in that over the two day period the Center received over two hundred applications for courses advertised in Agriculture; Basic Cookery; Entrepreneurship; Exceptional Hospitality Executive Provisioner; Food and Beverage Services; ICT; Weaving and Textiles; and Yacht Maintenance.