Recipients of the inaugural Emerging Youth Leaders Awards display their plaques at the ceremony held on Sunday (September 29) at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew. The awards recipients (from third left) are Karena Gayle, Otaine Wright, Asharee Rhodd, Gabriella Matthews, Meron McPherson and Tarini Khemlani. They are joined by (from left) Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Ian Forbes; President of UTech, Dr. Kevin Brown; Acting Senior Director in the Youth and Adolescent Policy Division, Ministry of Education and Youth, Yanique Williams; Chairman of the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), Andrew Johnson; and Deputy Chairman of the Emerging Youth Leaders Awards Committee, Rajae Danvers. The event, organised by the NYCJ, was held under the theme ‘Recognising Progress, Inspiring Greatness.’
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Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Ian Forbes, addresses the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ) Emerging Youth Leaders Awards, held under the theme ‘Recognising Progress, Inspiring Greatness’. The inaugural event was held at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew, on Sunday (September 29).Acting Senior Director in the Youth and Adolescent Policy Division, Ministry of Education and Youth, Yanique Williams, delivers the keynote address at the inaugural ‘Emerging Youth Leaders Awards’ by the National Youth Council of Jamaica (NYCJ), at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew, on Sunday (September 29).
