Hugo Chavez centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration to be commissioned Friday – during Venezuelan Foreign Minister’s visit
April 30, 2013, by , Georgetown, GINA, Source
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic, ElÍas Jaua Milano will be visiting Guyana on Friday, during which the Hugo ChÁvez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration is set for a May 3 opening.
The US$2M Venezuelan Government funded project at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice which will provide refuge for the homeless in Guyana was constructed on 7.30 acres of land. It was built to accommodate males and females in separate dormitories.
The Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration
The facility boasts a medical facility, mess hall and kitchen, training room/conference hall and a recreation centre. Accommodation for a resident doctor and nurse has also been included in the design of the facility.
The occupants at the centre will be exposed to training programmes that are aimed at reintegrating them into their family and society. They will be afforded transportation, medical assistance and treatment, toiletries, clothing, and meals.
The male dormitory at the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration
Construction began in January 2010 with a design prepared by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications and a technical team. The facility can house 180 persons and costs just over $400M.
The visit of the Venezuelan Foreign Minister will include a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar, and bilateral talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on issues of importance including the agreement for the sale of rice.
A press conference hosted by the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Venezuela is scheduled at 13:15 hours also on Friday at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC).
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Elias Jaua
Guyana shares a historic and friendly relationship with its frontier neighbour Venezuela at the bilateral level and through the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
The two countries have built on progress in trade relations with an agreement that paved the way for Guyana to export rice and paddy into the Venezuelan market. Guyana is also a beneficiary of the PetroCaribe deal conceptualised by President Hugo Chavez that allows signatory countries to access fuel at a subsidised cost.