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27 entrepreneurs get REACH grants

Recipients of grants from the REACH programme pose for a photo with Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles, third from left, front row, Health Secretary Agatha Carrington, second from left, front row, Marisha Osmond, left, front row, Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Chief Secretary, and Karen Ottley, Administrator in the Division of Health at a grant distribution ceremony on Tuesday at the Division of Health, Glen Road.
Recipients of grants from the REACH programme pose for a photo with Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles, third from left, front row, Health Secretary Agatha Carrington, second from left, front row, Marisha Osmond, left, front row, Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Chief Secretary, and Karen Ottley, Administrator in the Division of Health at a grant distribution ceremony on Tuesday at the Division of Health, Glen Road.

Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles distributed grants courtesy the REACH (Realisation for Economic Achievement) programme on Tuesday with Health Secretary Dr Agatha Carrington saying the social programme has a positive impact on Tobagonians who need financial assistance to becoming small business owners.

REACH falls under the Division of Health. Tuesday’s distribution of grants to 27 persons was the Division’s first for 2017.

Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles presents Kelly Ann Balfour from Plymouth Road with a REACH grant for a hair and beauty business at a grant distribution ceremony on Tuesday at the Division of Health, Glen Road.

Speaking at the event held at the Division’s Head Office on Glen Road, Carrington said REACH was established in 1984 and that $2.3 million have been distributed to over 600 recipients since then.

‘The Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development, in its efforts to improve lives of the citizens who have a good business idea and who require start-up funds, has provided persons with the opportunity to do so,” Carrington said. She said the Division would be monitoring the progress of the entrepreneurs to ensure their goals were met and that support given to overcome challenges.

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