Lalita Gopaul, one of the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, does not mind getting some dirt …
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Young people in Guyana unhappy with national youth policy held talks this week with government officials. Mark Ross, a 27-year-old from Georgetown, reports. Two Guyanese youths – Abbas Hamid and Tamika Elious – this week gathered outside the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports on the capital’s Main Street to raise their concerns over National …
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After overcoming many obstacles, the International Year of Youth was officially launched in Guyana on 18 March 2011, writes Abbas Hamid, a 20-year-old youth activist from New Amsterdam. In December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 64/134 proclaiming the International Year of Youth from August 12 2010 to August 11 2011. It has …
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Progress towards a National Youth Policy for Guyana is painfully slow despite the opportunity created by the United Nations’ International Year of Youth, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Mark Anthony Ross. It’s almost the end of the International Year of Youth 2010-2011, a year which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/134 under the …
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Progress towards a National Youth Policy for Guyana is painfully slow despite the opportunity created by the United Nations’ International Year of Youth, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Mark Anthony Ross. It’s almost the end of the International Year of Youth 2010-2011, a year which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/134 under the …
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Guyana celebrated its first International Youth Day with a rally and march, as well as the launch of a United Nations campaign to raise awareness about the earth’s growing population. Mark Ross, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent and one of the organisers of the festivities, reports. August 12 every year is observed around the world as International …
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Guyana celebrated its first International Youth Day with a rally and march, as well as the launch of a United Nations campaign to raise awareness about the earth’s growing population. Mark Ross, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent and one of the organisers of the festivities, reports. August 12 every year is observed around the world as International …
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As agencies and governments work to bring down tuberculosis numbers around the globe, Guyana is struggling to battle the double health threat of tuberculosis and HIV, says Mark Ross, 29, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Guyana. Guyana has been fighting since the early 1970’s to minimize and if possible bring the incidence of tuberculosis to zero, …
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Mistakes, writes Trevon Pollard, 23, a Correspondent from Guyana now living in Montserrat, should be a catalyst for change and success. He urges learning from the hurdles of the past in order to see the possibilities of the future. On one of the longest afternoon walks I’ve ever ventured on, I was blessed with the …
Lalita Gopaul, one of the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, does not mind getting some dirt under her fingernails. As founder and CEO of Eco Club in the Guyana, she is passionate about educating young people about environmental conservation and protection. Promise Forsuh, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Bamenda, Cameroon, caught up with the eco-warrior to …
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