Youth talk Through Arts - the best ever!

It was definitely not an easy road. I got frustrated, I cried, literally. I thought it would never happen. We worked hard to see to it that this would come to life. My colleague from Barbados, the mother herself provided all the support needed to make this happen. A team of dedicated Volunteers- Marla, Herma, Wendelle, Afua, Richard all played their part in making this happen. Youth Talk Through Arts is the best thing which ever happened to me. In the past few months, i've been inspired, i've learnt alot, i've connected with disconnected youth, i've embraced the arts, i've appreciated people's talent more, i've learnt to ignore, i've learnt to deal with, i've leant to coorperate, i've learnt the importance of "time", i've learnt to make sacrifices, i've learnt how to bit bureaucracy (Wendelle did a great job teaching me :) )...  We've learnt alot...

It all started when Shari Pollard from Barbados decided to allow Youth-IN (UNDP) use her amazing idea to benefit Youth of the Caribbean Region. Shari needs all the credit for a job well done. YTTA was launched in Barbados and soon after was held in St. Lucia, St. Kitts and now Dominica. The Caribbean Youth Think Tank (we) are looking to enroll YTTA in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Haiti, Jamaica, Antigua, Grenada  Bahamas and many other Caribbean islands with the help of UNDP.

A few nights before YTTA St. Lucia, we drove down to Micoud to allow Shari, a professional dancer to assist a local dance group with their talent.  To get to the house, we went through Ravins, went through bush, ; I took a HARD fall. We settled in the backyard of one of the participants. I expected to walk deeper but suddenly music began. It hurt me to see these motivated young people rehearse on hard concrete ground. Not to ask, mosquitoes enjoyed our blood that night. Yes, they performed at YTTA St. Lucia and did well!

Things like these motivate me to work harder. They've showed that despite the situation, they are motivated to excel and ready to showcase.

Every YTTA showcase, I continue to be inspired by the talent in the region. The motivation of Caribbean Youth and the hidden potential within them!

 UNDP provided the opportunity to participate in a conference in Washington DC. With all the pride inside me, I show cased the talent of my fellow St. Lucians and my brothers and sisters in the Region. Those who rehearsed on the concrete grounds. Their final product. Those who rehearsed on the beach. Their Final Product. Those who rehearsed in their yard.  Their finalll product... Those who rehearsed in a tiny office.  Their Final Product!

Join the Caribbean Youth Talk Thank as we rally the Caribbean to give youth a voice!

See you in Dominica on Saturday :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's Do the Duggy! The New Swagg in Town!

Let's Start sewing and make Youth work SWAGGERIFIC !!!!!!

Ah yes, The hype is on, and everything is coming in place nicely.

Any youth in the house!!!!?? :D 


Youth leaders had faith in me and nominated me for 2nd Vice President- St.Lucia National Youth Council! What an honour ! Honour? Yes, I feel honoured but....... Let's wait till work gets done.  Don't feel proud UNTIL I produce results. (FOR SURE I WILL- NOT HERE TO PLAY THE SLUG GAME) My campaign slogan goes- I win, Youth Win!!!!!! For sure, I promise to play my part to ensure that Youth of St.Lucia realize the NEW SWAGG!! Youth in Action!!!!! When I win, THEY WIN!!!!! When Tevin Shepherd wins, Youth of St.Lucia WIN !!  

I begggggg Youth of St.Lucia to trust in me and I will, will, will ensure their voices are heard,not only that, Actions are taken tooo!!!! When its time too roll in the mud, we gonna get dirty and do the DUGGY !!! 

Looking forward to a fun weekend! Looking to networking with young people from all around St.Lucia! That's the New Swagg in Townn!!! 

ProjectCan puts 100 smiles and More!

Ah yes..... !!!!!!!!!!! What a Day! What a NICE- NICE Day! 

First day of ProjectCan's Summer Program and we're Reaching The Stars Talent By Talent!!!! Well today, we had over 100 individuals attending the camp and Yes, we're expecting more in time to come! 2 weeks of Fun, learning and progress! 


Cooking, Drama, Arts, Fashion/Culture, Dance and Sports were the headlines for the Day! The morning began with Devotion which was conducted by Big Sister Nics and an entertaining WELCOME dance and "show" by youth of Canaries! Each child felt at home and adapted to the atmosphere quickly and called each youth leader Big Brother and Big Sister.... This was cute!! "awwwww"


Oh by the way, we had Mini Cooks! Yhup Yhup! They prepared Sandwiches, Apple Cups with Lime Juice.. Bam Bam Glad I tell you!


It was a wonderful day! We were proud seeing over 100 faces with smiles!!! Many thanks to those who've played their part! Big Up Youth of Canaries!!!

Youth Building their Dream for Canaries!

........ So many ideas coming through, So many Great Ideas, but Are your dreams documented? Do you have a mission to get there? !


Well, Youth of Canaries engaged in a dream building session last Wednesday. A very, very, very emotional and fruitful session. After a fun start to the program, youth were given an opportunity to write how they feel about themselves and the community.


Among many notes, one young guy wrote: “I am a guy who no one understands but try hard to get noticed. I've been longing to find someone to love me for who I am not what I have. There’s much more I would love to say, but it might sound like crap to others.” 


This was the moment which brought everyone even closer! We created a friendly forum where everyone confidently voiced their concerns! After this session, individuals drew "HOW" they want to see "their" Canaries in the future. Their dream for the community!


Alot was written, said, and some very impressive ideas! After dreaming big, individuals were given an opporunity to say- How Can We Young People Of Canaries Get There!!!!! 

Building Blocks- To Spice it up!

Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....... "Any Youth in the House, Yes, What time it is? Action time!!!"


Fun, Fun Fun, Building BLOCKS I tell you!!!  For the entire week, ProjectCanners have been engaged in team building activities which fall under ProjectCan's FREE up component!






Our Summer Program begins on  Monday which would include training for ALL facilitators and other Youth are invited (followed by 2 weeks of fun and education for the kids in the community). To keep up with ProjectCan's theme, we have been engaged in a week long of Fun and even educational activities to continue building the "chemistry" among members to get them glued together for our summer program. DYNAMICS !


We had fun on the beach, for Sure a river picnic, Hiked Far deep into the waterfall area, a HYPED up debate which was headed by our Vibrant Herma and had several rehearsals for a secret event coming up on Friday.. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! 


Now on this side of the lens, ProjectCanners are all enthusiastic and ready to work together!!!!!!!
 


Positive Vibes to the WORLDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Willing to assist in any way? You can check us out at projectcann.youth@gmail.com and be Part of Our FUN ! We're Youth In Action

ProjectCan Heats Up the Football Vibe!!!

Once upon a time, there lived a man who loved to Jump Carnival. One day, while .......


Ha! Let's get to the juice of the matter! Just teasing you! :P


Tuesday evening, ProjectCan engaged many individuals from the community of Canaries in a FUN Small Goals competition!! The competition was named after the Late Phillip Tisson, a youth himself, who died after  a football competition in New York (He was Canarian)




........... The Number of People who showed up was JAWWWW Dropping !! People from EVERY corner of the community participated in the Event. Turned out to be a MAD TING!. I wonder if it would be right to call it a BIG-Small Goal Competition? (haha)

We must highlight the hard work of Team ProjectCan and the hard working President Caser Deterville who made sure that everything was ON TOP!!!


Thank you to all those who supported this event and       ProjectCan looks forward to engaging the community even more in the future!!!!!!!!!!


Now its time to shout out ! YOUTH IN ACTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Willing to assist in any way? You can check us out at projectcann.youth@gmail.com and be Part of Our FUN ! We're Youth In Action