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NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGN TARGETING HIV-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION IN CARIBBEAN YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) PANCAP’s Caribbean Regional Social Marketing Project (CARISMA) will be rolling out a new media campaign in five English speaking Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana and Saint Lucia) on July 25, 2012. The campaign aims to generate more compassion and respect for individuals living with HIV. Funded by KfW (The German Development…
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Remarks By The Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-general Of The Caribbean Community At The Twenty-third Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (cohsod) (children And Youth), 10 July 2012, Georgetown, Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the pleasure to welcome you to the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which will focus on Children and Youth, the building blocks of our Caribbean society. I offer a very special welcome to the Ministers who are attending their first COHSOD Meeting. It was four years…
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Remarks Delivered By The Honourable Frank Anthony, Minister Of Culture, Youth And Sport, Guyana, And Chair Of The Council For Human And Social Development At The Opening Ceremony Of The Twenty-third Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ultimate aim of working with and for children is to make our Region a better place for them to live, grow and develop. Making the CARICOM Region fit for children should be everybody’s business. The fact that Member States are very well represented at this COHSOD is a clear indication of your conviction…
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Feature Address By H.e. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President Of The Republic Of Suriname, On The Occasion Of The Caricom – Unasur High Level Youth Exchange, 14 June 2012, Paramaribo, Suriname
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me a privilege to exchange views with youth of the CARICOM and UNASUR in this first ever High Level Youth Exchange. I would like to congratulate both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs for making this exchange happen here in my beloved country. I…
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SURINAMESE YOUTH PROGRAMME A REGIONAL BEST PRACTICE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque deemed the Surinamese Youth programmes as a regional Best Practice. On the second day of his official visit to Suriname, the Secretary-General was brought up to date on the activities and plans of Surinamese youth and was particularly impressed by the exciting programmes outlined to…
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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS TO STRESS RELATED ILLNESS IN YOUTH, SAY CARICOM OFFICIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development says, young people who are constantly exposed to violence invariably develop complex psychosomatic illnesses which very often lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, mental illnesses and heart diseases. Dr Johnson who also majored in psychology was delivering…
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Declaration Of Paramaribo On The Future Of Youth In The Caribbean Community
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname on 30 January 2010 on the occasion of a Special Regional Summit on Youth Development: Conscious that regional integration holds the key to the optimal development of the small developing countries of the Community and the regional population, the majority of which is under the…
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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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BARBADIAN STUDENTS VISIT ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ON CSME STINT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat is facilitating a mission for twenty five Students from Barbados to St. Kitts and Nevis as it wraps up a project entitled: Students engaging the CSME through Field Promotion. This mission is expected to be concluded before the end of 2009 and is the last in the project. Workshops as well…
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STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO CSME OPPORTUNITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than two hundred students from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be exposed to the operation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during the period 30 August to 3 October 2009. This exposure represents the second phase of the CARICOM Secretariat project, “Students engaging the CSME through Field Promotion”. The project is…
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