The Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning (MoLMP) took part on Wednesday in a virtual engagement with representatives of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to advance discussions on strengthening national systems that support persons living with disabilities (PWDs), a MoLMP release stated. It said that this meeting forms part of Guyana’s participation in the Assistive Technology Assessment (ATA) process under the WHO GATE Initiative and AT2030 Programme. During the virtual dialogue, Minister of Labour and Manpower Planning, Keoma Griffith, highlighted several major provisions contained in the 2026 National Budget that advance the wellbeing and inclusion of PWDs. Budget 2026 outlines the following: a) more than 1,200 persons living with disabilities will benefit from skills training across multiple regions; b) over 70 PWDs are targeted to receive entrepreneurial loans, supporting pathways to self-employment and financial independence; c) construction has begun on Guyana’s first school for autistic learners at the Cyril Potter College of Education; and d) $316.5 million has been allocated for the establishment of CEMS Centres in every region and an ASEN Unit at Port Kaituma Primary.