Showing posts with label national youth council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national youth council. Show all posts
Friday, August 22, 2014
Child Abuse Fair
Monday, July 21, 2014
Youth Just Wanna Have Fun
Several vibrant young parishioners of the St. Patrick's Parish Youth Group along with Seminarian Frantzo Simbert were engaged in a fulfilling social activity: hiking.....to Boeri Lake. (NYCD) members: Nadege Roach, Deion Anselm and Malik Stuart also NYCD Media Team Members ; Khan Roach and Deeshawn George, among other young parishioners left for their destination at 10:00am and arrived at about 12:00pm.
It was organized by the group and took place on Sunday, July 13th
A coaster filled with excited young people including National Youth Council of Dominica.
The hike trail became more captivating with each step.
According to Khan Roach, "When we got to the lake we took pictures, enjoyed the cool breeze, beautiful scenery and the great company of each other. We hiked back to the bus and made our way to the Freshwater Lake, ate some lunch and went onward to Ti Tou Gorge enjoyed the water and went on home."
What an experience!
All involved believes that The outing was a grand success and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Another one is being planned to hopefully take place soon.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
There's a new district council in town
The Roseau Valley and Roseau North Youth District held a meeting yesterday and elected a new
executive to direct its programs and activities over the next two years...
Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected:
Delroy Nesta Williams - President
Cornel Charles - Vice President
Secretary - Fatima Noel
Treasurer - Moreen Deravariere
Committee members - Dia George, Annika Cyprien and Britney Anselm
The President in his first address to the group indicated that he hopes to touch every community within the district during his term and ensure that members of the Executive learn and develop themselves and community along the journey.
The National Youth Council of Dominica wish them all the best and pledges its support and assistance to develop the youth of the district and by extension all young people of Dominica.
There first order of business is a meeting on the 23rd of July to put in place activities to stimulate youth of the district.
Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected:
Delroy Nesta Williams - President
Cornel Charles - Vice President
Secretary - Fatima Noel
Treasurer - Moreen Deravariere
Committee members - Dia George, Annika Cyprien and Britney Anselm
The President in his first address to the group indicated that he hopes to touch every community within the district during his term and ensure that members of the Executive learn and develop themselves and community along the journey.
The National Youth Council of Dominica wish them all the best and pledges its support and assistance to develop the youth of the district and by extension all young people of Dominica.
There first order of business is a meeting on the 23rd of July to put in place activities to stimulate youth of the district.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Sustainable Development and Young People
The National Youth Council Media Team would like to shed light on the issue of sustainable development among young people. In that bid, below is an interview conducted by Edona Jno. Baptiste with sustainable development advocate Eardley Pierre. Pierre who hails from the community of St. Joseph is the president of the St. Joseph Youth Empowerment Committee and a member on the Dominica Youth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Working Group.
Q: What is sustainable development?
A: Sustainable development is the kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. A key element in the definition is the unity of environment and development, placing emphasis on the environment not only being physical but should include social, cultural and political spheres. It also insists that development is not just about how poor countries can ameliorate their situation, but what the entire world, including developed countries, can do to achieve our common goal which is the survival of the our Planet Earth and our existence as human beings.
Q: Where did the concept of sustainable development stem from?
A: Sustainable development came from the concept of sustainable forest. The foresters in 17th and 18th century Europe developed a system where they could estimate the annual forest timber output. They calculated stem girth, spacing, climatic factors as well as the vertical growth to determine how many trees they could cut down while ensuring sustainability of the forest. This is known as Sustainable Forest or Sustainable Yield.
Q: What sparked your interest in the sustainable development platform?
A: I first got involved during the UNESCO-funded Parle Kwéyòl Project in 2005. It was implemented by Youth Culture and Heritage Movement in an effort to revitalize the speaking of the Kwéyòl language amongst the youth of Dominica. Core pillars of the project included training and certification of young people to teach Kwéyòl ; Kwéyòl Classes; Kwéyòl Speeling Bee; Kwéyòl Marché and Extravaganza.
Q: How do you contribute to advocacy towards sustainable development in your community?
A: Through the St. Joseph Youth Empowerment Committee, which I am the president of. Its primary objective is to empower the community’s youth to use our resources in a sustainable way to develop our community.
In 2013, the group developed the Feast of St. Gerard Community Project which covered a beach clean-up, youth debates, educational workshops, a poster competition and Family Fun Day. At the end of the project, a cadre of 75 primary school students in St. Joseph was certified in basic sustainable development concepts. A compost heap project was established at the Kaleb Laurent Primary School and a small hut was erected at the St. Joseph beach to enhance the area.
Currently, members of the St. Joseph YEC are undertaking projects in rabbit and poultry rearing as well as horticulture.
On a national Level, in 2012 I joined the National Apiculture Planning Committee established by the Global Environment Faculty (GEF) to develop a National Apiculture Strategy.
I’m also a member of the Dominica Youth SIDS Working Group working towards education of young people on the issues of sustainable development, as well as initiatives on how to mitigate the effects of climate change. The group is also trying to achieve a consensus among Dominica youth as to their vision ahead of the third International Conference of SIDS, which will be held in Samoa, September 2014.
The Dominica SIDS Working Group is working with the National Youth Council to implement a Sustainable Development Education Program, to help spread awareness about sustainable development
Q: What are your expectations?
A: It is my hope that Dominica’s youth will be able to capitalize on signing of important documents such as the Jamaica Declaration and implementation of the National Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR). Ultimately, realizing that the future of our Country is in our hands by being able to use our environment (which includes the physical, social, cultural) to allows us a comfortable and fulfilling life.
Q: What is sustainable development?
A: Sustainable development is the kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. A key element in the definition is the unity of environment and development, placing emphasis on the environment not only being physical but should include social, cultural and political spheres. It also insists that development is not just about how poor countries can ameliorate their situation, but what the entire world, including developed countries, can do to achieve our common goal which is the survival of the our Planet Earth and our existence as human beings.
Q: Where did the concept of sustainable development stem from?
A: Sustainable development came from the concept of sustainable forest. The foresters in 17th and 18th century Europe developed a system where they could estimate the annual forest timber output. They calculated stem girth, spacing, climatic factors as well as the vertical growth to determine how many trees they could cut down while ensuring sustainability of the forest. This is known as Sustainable Forest or Sustainable Yield.
Q: What sparked your interest in the sustainable development platform?
A: I first got involved during the UNESCO-funded Parle Kwéyòl Project in 2005. It was implemented by Youth Culture and Heritage Movement in an effort to revitalize the speaking of the Kwéyòl language amongst the youth of Dominica. Core pillars of the project included training and certification of young people to teach Kwéyòl ; Kwéyòl Classes; Kwéyòl Speeling Bee; Kwéyòl Marché and Extravaganza.
Q: How do you contribute to advocacy towards sustainable development in your community?
A: Through the St. Joseph Youth Empowerment Committee, which I am the president of. Its primary objective is to empower the community’s youth to use our resources in a sustainable way to develop our community.
In 2013, the group developed the Feast of St. Gerard Community Project which covered a beach clean-up, youth debates, educational workshops, a poster competition and Family Fun Day. At the end of the project, a cadre of 75 primary school students in St. Joseph was certified in basic sustainable development concepts. A compost heap project was established at the Kaleb Laurent Primary School and a small hut was erected at the St. Joseph beach to enhance the area.
Currently, members of the St. Joseph YEC are undertaking projects in rabbit and poultry rearing as well as horticulture.
On a national Level, in 2012 I joined the National Apiculture Planning Committee established by the Global Environment Faculty (GEF) to develop a National Apiculture Strategy.
I’m also a member of the Dominica Youth SIDS Working Group working towards education of young people on the issues of sustainable development, as well as initiatives on how to mitigate the effects of climate change. The group is also trying to achieve a consensus among Dominica youth as to their vision ahead of the third International Conference of SIDS, which will be held in Samoa, September 2014.
The Dominica SIDS Working Group is working with the National Youth Council to implement a Sustainable Development Education Program, to help spread awareness about sustainable development
Q: What are your expectations?
A: It is my hope that Dominica’s youth will be able to capitalize on signing of important documents such as the Jamaica Declaration and implementation of the National Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR). Ultimately, realizing that the future of our Country is in our hands by being able to use our environment (which includes the physical, social, cultural) to allows us a comfortable and fulfilling life.
Green Day at ITSS
By Mishell Abraham
Students of Isaiah Thomas Secondary School (ITSS) were reminded to stick to the principles of the 4-H movement.
National 4-H coordinator, Shirley Alexander addressed the student body at a special assembly on to observe its third annual Green Day on May 21.
She applauded the school’s principal, teachers and Clubites for their continued effort, support and participation in the 4H activities year round.
The activity was in an effort to create awareness about the club and its work at the school. Most of the student body was either dressed in green or white for the event and it was originally put together by Bert Paul, a 4H leader.
The assembly started off with a short worship session where the staff and students sang songs of praise to the Almighty.
Following this, ITSS Clubites gave a presentation to the general school population on the club and more importantly how anyone of them could be a great asset to the organization.
President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD), Jahisiah Benoit, pointed out the benefits being part of such a club and the importance of having it within the school system.
Special recognition awards and gifts were presented to a few teachers for their dedication and hard work with the club over the past school year.
Those teachers were Mrs. Glennora Paquette, Mrs.Heskar Charter, Mr. Jameson Julien, Mr Jerwin Ambo and Ms. Cherese Martin.
4-H member, Curtley Pascal was awarded the prize for most outstanding 4-H member for the past school year.
4-H leader, Bert Paul expressed his deep appreciation to everyone who participated and supported the assembly with hope that in future it would be a bigger event.
Students of Isaiah Thomas Secondary School (ITSS) were reminded to stick to the principles of the 4-H movement.
National 4-H coordinator, Shirley Alexander addressed the student body at a special assembly on to observe its third annual Green Day on May 21.
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| 4-H National Coordinator addresses the gathering |
She applauded the school’s principal, teachers and Clubites for their continued effort, support and participation in the 4H activities year round.
The activity was in an effort to create awareness about the club and its work at the school. Most of the student body was either dressed in green or white for the event and it was originally put together by Bert Paul, a 4H leader.
The assembly started off with a short worship session where the staff and students sang songs of praise to the Almighty.
Following this, ITSS Clubites gave a presentation to the general school population on the club and more importantly how anyone of them could be a great asset to the organization.
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| section of the student population |
Special recognition awards and gifts were presented to a few teachers for their dedication and hard work with the club over the past school year.
Those teachers were Mrs. Glennora Paquette, Mrs.Heskar Charter, Mr. Jameson Julien, Mr Jerwin Ambo and Ms. Cherese Martin.
4-H member, Curtley Pascal was awarded the prize for most outstanding 4-H member for the past school year.
4-H leader, Bert Paul expressed his deep appreciation to everyone who participated and supported the assembly with hope that in future it would be a bigger event.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Roseau South/Central Youth District Council has been launched
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| members of the district council at DBS Radio |
One recently revitalized group is the Roseau Central-South District Youth Council.
While that group has been in existence for years, and undertook various activities, it unfortunately went dormant.
However, a vibrant, resourceful and determined group of young people have now pledged their time and efforts to the renewal of the District Youth Council. The executive team comprises:
Ms. Naomi Thomas – President
Ms. Kerahia Jno Baptiste – Vice President
Ms. Malissa Jno Lewis – Secretary
Ms. Jacelyn Popo – Treasurer
Ms. Sharena Jno Bapsite – Committee Member
Mr. Dane Hypolite – Committee Member
Ms. Cassandra Peter – Committee Member
The Roseau Central/ South District Youth Council covers the communities of Roseau, Newtown, Citronier, Castle Comfort, Wall House, Loubiere, Fond Baron, Eggleston, Giraudel, Kingshill, Pointe Michel, Soufriere, Scotts Head and Gallion.
The group has several constructive activities on their calendar.
First in line was a Promo Drive/ Walk Through from Roseau to Scotts Head on Saturday February 22, 2014 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The goal of this Drive was to create awareness of the District Youth Council, and to encourage other young people to join the group.
A Health Walk from Pointe Michel to the Roseau Market in observance of World Water Day took place on Saturday 22 March 2014.
A Soccerama/ Sports Festival is also being planned.
Some members of the District Youth Council were featured on Youth Vibes, on D.B.S. Radio to further sensitize the general public of their reemergence, and to appeal to other young people to hop on board the train of positivity. Interested persons are asked to contact 317-3714 or 614- 0797
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