Youth Ambassadors Guyana 2019

Shubh Deepavali from the cohort 🪔

We all are so different, but there is one thing that unites us and it’s independence. We should honour it and never forget how hard it was to get it. Independence Day greetings from the YA 2019 cohort! 🥳 🇬🇾

The third piece for the Oil and Gas awareness campaign is a creative piece written by Venisha Lall. ⚡

The second piece for the Oil and Gas awareness campaign is a poem written by Gevasha Harpaul a student attached to the Anna Regina Secondary School. ⚡

We welcome you to the Oil and Gas with a focus on Climate Change Awareness Campaign Week! 🎉

This piece titled 'The land of Richness' was written by S. Haroon and it serves to highlight the plight of Guyana. 🇬🇾⚡

The Business and Entrepreneurship Group presents the winner of the Small Business Poster Competition🎉🥳: tiedyeelements

"This is TIEDYEELEMENTS that started amid the pandemic. It is a pathway in which creativity and expression is chanelled. As the poster lists the products and services we offer and soon will be offering I'd like to add that we can dye your personal items eg. Tops, dresses, pants etc. You can contact us via Facebook or Instagram, WhatsApp and email.
Every item may be customized as much as is required by the customer. We want to make people feel happy with their purchases everytime.

TIEDYEELEMENTS- Tees for the Sun"

It should be noted that due to the limited entries only one poster was selected instead of the initial four.

Today's piece highlights the tendency of Guyanese to overpopulate certain trendy business sectors whilst neglecting numerous untouched but lucrative sectors. It also brings to light an important issue in Guyana (Brain Drain) and how business and entrepreneurship can be used to curb this issue.

Piece done by: Shaianne Lowe, Geevanjale Goberdhan and Akeena Walters.

Small business Advertising competition details:
Deadline for submission: 3rd April, 2021 @10 AM
Submissions can be made by sending your poster and caption to the 2019 Youth Ambassadors' Instagram or Facebook account.
You are invited to be as creative as you’d like!
The four best posters will be posted on the Youth Ambassadors page by 12 AM on the 4th April, 2021.

Participants of the ‘Be Youthful, Be Empowered’, Youth conference were required to create awareness campaigns on the topics that were discussed during the conference. Beginning on March 22, 2021, and finishing on April 10, 2021, three different awareness projects will be launched on our social media pages. Our participants are very excited and cannot wait to share their projects with you all! 🥳

Below are the topics and the weeks in which the awareness projects for such will be posted.

"Freedom in the mind, strength in the words, pureness in our blood, pride in our souls, zeal in our hearts, let's salute our Guyana on Republic Day." 🗣🎉

The Youth Ambassadors cohort of Guyana 2019 extends a Happy 51st Republic Day to all guyanese citizens at home and abroad 🇬🇾🎉

On October 31st, and November 1st 2020, the Youth Ambassadors 2019 cohort facilitated a Youth Conference themed, “Be Youthful, Be Empowered”. This conference mobilized youth from 10 secondary schools in various parts of the country and focused on areas such as, Oil and Gas, Business Entrepreneurship, Project Planning with an emphasis on Youth Advocacy and Emotional Intelligence/ Mental Health. This project was organized as a follow-on activity subsequent to their U.S Exchange program. The urgent need to circulate information related to those topics was recognized and therefore, the YA cohort felt it necessary that the youth population become more engaged in such discussion while educating them on opportunities within the various sectors. These sessions were also crafted to provide lifelong skills to its participants. Special thanks to our speakers: Mr. Keon Smith, Ms. Raiza Khan and members of the 2019 cohort who did a phenomenal job at presenting and answering questions from the audience. This conference was a major success and was followed by a sustainability plan; implemented to keep our participants engaged and to guarantee that they apply the knowledge gained.

We do hope this season brings you all a bit of joy and prosperity. 🌲✨

Youth Ambassadors who visited Virginia were immersed in numerous enrichment, cultural and educational activities. To conclude their exchange, they visited the Orange County High School where they met students and faculty while learning about high school life in the U.S. They also visited the Home and now Museum( James Madison Montpelier) of the Late President, James Madison, and later that day performed dance, song, and poetry in a Cultural Extravaganza at Downtown Mall. An Award ceremony facilitated by the University of Virginia - Center for Politics and Democracy, presented each ambassador with certificates of participation by the staff and coordinators of the "Host City" in the presence of their host families.

Having trouble being an effective leader? No worries, every Tuesday we will be sharing simple tips on how to improve your effectiveness as a leader!

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - Mahatma Gandhi

It is with heavy hearts that the Youth Ambassadors of 2019 extend their condolences to the relatives and friends of the late Haresh Singh and once again call upon the relevant authorities to mete justice to the perpetrators of these heinous acts.

The 2019 Youth Ambassadors cohort condemns the gruesome killing of the Henry Teens. We plead with the relevant authorities to act swiftly so that justice can be served!!!

We extend our condolences to the family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you ♥️

The Youth Ambassadors Guyana Cohort 2019 would like to extend a Happy 54th Independence to all Guyanese citizens 🇬🇾

https://forms.gle/n2u7pnUhz4sBZGmN7
The aim of this survey is to investigate the effects the current pandemic has on Guyanese students preparing to sit the Caribbean Examinations Council’s exams. This is an initiative of the Youth Ambassadors Alumni who themselves are candidates preparing to sit the exams. We vehemently wish to establish that this survey is in no way is a product of the US Embassy or a product of the Caribbean Examination Council. The information gained from this survey will be used strictly for edification purposes and to shed light on the constraints and impacts of Covid-19 on Education and by extension, the council's decision to move forward with holding exams in July 2020.

Happy Birthday Ms. Aretha Majeed,

This program is yours, your baby
That’s what we heard
All of the amazing things they said
We now believe every word
You went above and beyond for them and you’re doing the same for us
I’m sure it isn’t easy but you keep on doing so much
Working hard with a smile on your face
100% genuine, nothing fake
Your personality illuminates whatever space you grace
You’re exuberant and that we appreciate
When we heard the comments “Guyana is well prepared, and they’re so Extra”
We realized how much you care and how God blessed us
All jokes aside you know when to draw the line
We play but work needs to be done and on time.
Just as a mother nurtures her child
You cared for us too
You gave us the light
So we could bloom
And now we're tracing the sky with our heights
When they said the program was your baby
They were definitely right
I speak for all of us when I say we’re lucky to have met you
This program is your baby therefore we are too

Birthday Greetings are extended to the wonderful woman who helped in making our dream as being apart of the Youth Ambassadors Program 2019 a reality. ❤

-The YAP2019 COHORT

Tulsa is located in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma between the edge of the Great Plains and the foot of the Ozarks in a generally forested region of rolling hills. Oklahoma is best known as the former oil capital of the world. Two out of the six Ambassadors from the Guyana cohort got to visit this beautiful city along with other Caribbean Ambassadors and mentors where they got to experience and dive into the Tulsan culture while living with host families.

This special day, dedicated to women around the world, is a celebration of the great successes of women across all spheres of life. The objective of Women's Day is to express love and gratitude towards women's contribution to our lives and society.
The theme for International Women's Day 2020 is: I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights.

With this being said, the Youth Ambassadors Guyana 2020 would like to extend a Happy International Women's Day to all the wonderful women!

As part of our exchange program the Ambassadors were divided to go to three different host communities.

Below are some of many empowering and life changing experiences in Hunstville, Alabama, home of the Space and Rocket center and many more. The Ambassadors who stayed with host families in Huntsville, Alabama are Shimron Ram, Abosaide Cadogan and Brianna Gopie.

Today, we the Youth Ambassadors Guyana 2019, executed our first fundraiser at this year's Service Showcase and Tradeshow in observance of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
We extend a special thank you to all those who supported us today. Your patronage was well appreciated.😊👏
All proceeds from our fundraisers will be directed to our upcoming follow-on projects.