Amerindian Affairs Ministry to launch website

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Amerindian Affairs Ministry to launch website
Saturday, July 21st 2007

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs will later this month launch a
website to ensure that information on issues pertaining to Amerindians and
their rights are more readily accessible, the Government Information Agency
(GINA) reported.
Minister Carolyn Rodrigues said this development follows government's
recognition of the growing need for information on existing services,
entitlements and opportunities available to Amerindians.
According to GINA, the minister said that persons utilising the site will
have access to information pertaining to land rights, the Amerindian Act,
the hinterland scholarship programme and a variety of other social services
provided by the ministry.
She explained that candidates for the scholarship programme would have
access to features such as online application forms, entry requirements and
the list of academic and technical-vocational programmes facilitated through
the ministry.
Extended infrastructural facilities such as electricity in some hinterland
areas have facilitated previously inaccessible services such as internet
access.
This has opened up avenues for information sharing, educational research and
existing opportunities on the coastland.
It is hoped also that the new initiative would encourage increased use of
the internet for data retrieval by Amerindians, GINA concluded.