All is not lost,says BYDC President

“There are young people who are doing positive and striving for positive, so all our youth are not lost [and] our nation is not lost.”

Such a point was made by President of the Barbados Youth Development Council (BYDC), Roshanna Trim while addressing Friday’s Multi-Faith Service at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society.

In her remarks, she also called for there to be a greater focus and development on the positives. She additionally highlighted similarities that individuals of all socio-economic groups share.

“What we need to do is that while we recognise the issues in our community that we continue to empower and encourage youth organisations and young people who dare to continuously strive to innovate and to make better for Barbados, to continue to seek for development and the best for youth development because youth development continues to be our goal at any stage of regional or national development.”

Friday’s service carried the theme “Youth Building Peace” and it was held to mark International Youth Day 2017.

The BYDC President said, “This weekend for us is about focusing on the positive which is all about recognising that we need to create outlets for our young people to strive and that we should never write off young people because as a country if we fail to protect our vulnerable, if we fail to create to outlet for them, if we fail to recognise that they are the ones that need our assistance then we basically fail ourselves as a nation.”(MG)