Government’s three-week National Community Enhancement (NiCE) project came to a close last week, having seen some 600 Caymanians and spouses of Caymanians benefit from temporary work over December.
The project, which is run by the Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure (PAHI,) ran from 6 Dec. to 23 Dec. and, unlike previous cohorts, this year’s selected participants were required to undergo rapid lateral flow COVID-19 tests throughout their involvement in the programme.
“The participants have been working across districts to clear beach accesses, clean beaches and cemeteries, improve road markings, support solid waste management, and help the elderly in their yards,” a Ministry statement announcing the programme’s end said.
Workers, the statement said, also provided support to several Government departments and public authorities including Facilities Management Department, Agricultural Society, Mosquito Research and Control Unit, National Roads Authority, Public Works Department and the Department of Environmental Health.
“I want to encourage everyone across our Island to continue to maintain the clean and pleasant environment that the NiCE crew have started,” Minister of Infrastructure Jay Ebanks said through the statement.
The NiCE project last ran between 7 to 18 Dec. 2020 and, again, from 11 to 22 Jan. 2021, seeing some 742 people sign-up for the short-term employment programme.
Minister Ebanks, in the statement, said, “the Ministry looks forward to continued partnerships with the public and private sector in delivering this important programme as we build stronger communities and support the most vulnerable”.
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