New Dormitory and Resource and Visitor’s Center Opens at Youth Hostel A new Dormitory Facility and Resource and Visitor’s Center will be officially opened on January 29th , 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Youth Hostel Facility at Mile 21 ½ on the George Price Highway. Remarks will be provided by Hon. Mark King, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation and Ms. Anneke Jessen, IDB Representative in Belize. Brief presentations will be done by the youths currently residing at the facility. The New Dormitory Facility and Resource and Visitor’s Center is an initiative under the Community Action for Public Safety (CAPS) Project which is funded through a loan facility between the Government of Belize and the Inter-American Development Bank. The project is being executed by the Project Execution Unit of the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation. One of the core components of the CAPS project is Component II which focuses on providing Support to Juvenile Social Rehabilitation. The activities under this component seeks to improve the prospects of at-risk youth and juvenile offenders’ successful reintegrating into society , by reducing violent attitudes, and improving basic and vocational education levels among residents of youth rehabilitation institutions. The activities are being implemented in the three national youth rehabilitation institutions, the Youth Cadet, the Youth Hostel and the Wagner’s Youth Facility. The resources of the loan finances technical assistance by national and international consultants, training, infrastructure improvements and upgrades, and acquisition of equipment and materials.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:02:44 +0000
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