STEMGuyana on Tuesday launched a new program that is providing employment for a group of skilled Guyanese young people, and is fostering regional engagement and business development.
Last Summer, the organisation designed a Website Development course and engaged a team of 10 trainers to teach Website Development (WordPress) to more than 200 Guyanese teenagers in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This came with the support from Syder and Exxon Mobil, Guyana.
STEMGuyana continued working closely with a team of those young people, to help them master their skills.
Now the organisation is providing the opportunity to put their skills to use and at the same time it provides an income stream for the youths.
The new initiative is a program targeted to the diaspora and local small business owners, to engage the talents of these young people, by contracting them to build websites for companies across the globe.
The 4-4-4- program offers a business owner a 4 page website including registration of domain and hosting for one year for the cost of $400 USD.
Business owners will complete a form, and are scheduled for an interview with a Business Analyst, who takes their requirements. After both parties agree on the requirements, then the website is completed within 4 days.
Business owners can also pay an additional $50 USD to learn how to update their own pages or they can purchase an annual service plan for $100 USD, which will earn them one update each month.
Co-founder of STEMGuyana, Karen Abrams said
the vision has always been for us to engage the technology talents of young people across Guyana and have them work in their own communities while supporting the needs of the global marketplace.
“Whether they are building robot solutions, creating mobile apps or building websites, our young people are talented enough to meet the needs of the growing marketplace, many of which find it critical to have an online presence due to the realities of COVID-19 and its effects on small businesses. We hope that this program becomes a resounding success so that we can train more young people and engage them to earn a decent living without having to move to more populated regions for employment. Ideally, technology should allow young people to stay in place and develop their own communities”, Abrams said.
Persons interested can email stemguyana@gmail.com.
