“Coronie to Open New Bakery and Trains Local Bakers for Bread and Pastry Production”

Residents of the Coronie district may soon welcome a bakery. The preparations for this are already in cans and jugs. In the run-up to this moment, the district already has a number of bakers – mainly women – who have successfully completed the bread and pastry training. The training that was provided on May 6 and 7 was an initiative of the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism (TCT) in collaboration with the Suriname Hospitality Tourism and Training Center (SHTTC) and the Coronie district commissioner.

On Saturday 13 May, a pilot test was already run in the bakery, the ovens of which were donated by the Kies Voor Ontwikkeling (KVO) foundation. District Commissioner Maikel Winter says the aim is to officially open the bakery to the Coronian public on May 26. In addition to the fact that the successful bakers, all of whom are civil servants, have been asked to run the proof test, they will also be approached to work in the bakery until the commissariat, as manager, is able to pay workers itself.

The mayor expresses the hope that when the time comes, the Coronian community will eagerly use the bakery’s services. He notes that until now the bread supply has been provided from Paramaribo. However, the bread is only available around 11 a.m., when children are already at school.

The commissariat will try to keep the products as cheap as possible. In addition, social institutions will be accommodated. The first 500 loaves of bread baked on Saturday were donated to a retirement home.

From the Ministry of TCT, Ruben Forster has been responsible for coordinating bread and pastry training. He notes this piece full commitment in the districts. “The trainers have taught the participants as much as possible the tricks of making traditional bread and pastries,” says the coordinator, who says that it is about capacity building and developing local tourism. “In that context, it was decided to enable the participants to develop their own product. The ladies are motivated to do something good for their district,” added Forster.