New level of learning at St. Ninian’s Primary School, Guyana

It’s a humid June afternoon in Region One, Guyana and it’s lunch time for students at St. Ninian’s Primary School. Atop a hill of clayey soil, boys and girls clad in blue uniforms make play against the backdrop of a freshly painted building.

It’s a new block of classrooms and bathrooms, funded through the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), which has just been handed over to the school’s administration.

Parents and relatives gathered for the occasion, undeterred by heavy grey clouds, which threatened rain. They know that the newly extended school brings with it a better chance at secondary education for their children and a way out of poverty.

Anita Bennett, whose children received their primary education at St. Ninian’s, is among the Red Hill residents who attended the handover event.

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