youth ambassadors
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Youngsters encouraged to make personal commitment to action
Youngster across the Region were encouraged to make a personal commitment to action in a recent Youth Day message delivered by Dr. Hilary Brown, Programme Manager, Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat. She delivered the message in Belize on Friday on behalf of Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. See text from the message below: Good Morning It’s wonderful to be…
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Regional Youth Leaders urged to help shape solutions for climate change and other issues
Participants at the fourth staging of the Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit in Belize were encouraged to help shape the framing of solutions for issues such as climate change, reproductive health rights and reparations for native genocide slavery. This charge was given to them by Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Hillary Brown. She was making remarks at…
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Grenada CYAs embark on health and wellness initiatives
Grenada’s CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Amanda Scott and Judd Cadet have embarked on several activities to promote health and wellness among young people in their country. The CYAs collaborated with local and national stakeholders in hosting the activities. The CYAs hosted a Fruit Day at the St.George’s Methodist Primary school where every student replaced their routine snacks with fresh fruits for the day. The fruits…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors launch Dominica drive
The CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) Corps today launched an “I am CARICOM” drive to raise “much needed financial assistance for storm-affected Dominica”. “This drive has been named ‘I AM CARICOM’ as we declare as one single Caribbean Community to be each other’s keeper”, the CYA said in a release. “The pain and suffering caused by the occurrence of this natural…
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CARICOM SG updates Montserrat’s new Cabinet on regional developments
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with Montserrat’s two CARICOM Youth Ambassadors during his visit to the island on Monday to brief Premier Donaldson Romeo and his Cabinet on regional integration matters.
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CARICOM Youth Ambassador gives back
April 1st, 2015 — In a very brief yet meaningful ceremony, CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Ms. Sonia Boddie officially presented a gift donation of a stove, to the Home Economics Centre, of her Alma Mater, the Cayon High School, on Tuesday March 31st, to the delight of teachers and students. During her presentation, Ms.Boddie remarked, “The school’s motto states, ‘Non Multa…
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Haiti’s Youth Ambassador Appeals To Cohsod: Let Us Rise And Re-build The Education System
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Leticia Cadet, on Thursday, made an impassioned plea to the Caribbean Community to help re-build, as a matter of priority, the education system in Haiti. At a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Ms Cadet recalled with obvious grief the devastation caused…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS PARTNER WITH TELESUR TO PROMOTE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Youth Ambassadors are partnering with telecommunications giant of Suriname, Telesur, to develop a high impact Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project that is expected to engage Caribbean Youth in competitive activities that will promote the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). The proposed project titled, Cari-CAM aims to use Information and Communication Technologies…
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CSME TRAINING WORKSHOP USEFUL, SAY CYAs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The Way Forward” presented by Yvonne Holder, Technical Coordinator of the Technical Action Services Unit at the CARICOM Secretariat ended the three-day Sustainable Livelihoods for CARICOM Youth Workshop held in Saint Lucia from 8-10 July. The workshop was attended by more than 30 CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) from Member States and Associate Members of…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PANEL DISCUSSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At least two CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have ensured that the voices of youth resounded on the issue of Sexual Health and Reproduction, through their participation in a panel discussion held Tuesday 11 July in Saint Lucia, in observance of World Population Day. The exercise was staged by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),…
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