The USA Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) and the Ubuntu Motion, a number one native non-profit group, are proud to announce the profitable conclusion of the After College Program (ASP) designed to empower youth in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. This system, which was part of USAID’s Youth Resilience and Inclusive Schooling (Y-RIE) Program, offered younger folks with the instruments, expertise, and help they should construct a brighter future.
For the previous 14 weeks, the ASP, led by the Ubuntu Motion, considerably impacted the lives of greater than 50 youth between the ages of 11 and 17 from communities in Vieux Fort by a multifaceted strategy to foster resilience, creativity, and private development.
Utilizing a Optimistic Selections curriculum, which included life expertise coaching, the ASP offered college students with private improvement help, expertise improvement, educational help, psychosocial help and publicity to sports activities, arts and tradition actions. The artistic part allowed the scholars to discover themes associated to constructive selections, categorical themselves creatively, and perceive the significance of creating accountable selections. The individuals’ mother and father additionally gained beneficial insights throughout three parenting classes designed to equip them with efficient methods for offering constructive steerage and help to their youngsters.
Throughout a closing ceremony, Ubuntu Program Coordinator Bernell St. Rose praised the scholars’ outstanding progress, highlighting their resilience, creativity, and private development over the course of this system. The Proper Honorable Priest Kailash Leonce, Deputy President of the Ubuntu Motion impressed college students by encouraging them to hold ahead the abilities and classes they’ve realized as they proceed their journeys.
Jonathan Chalon, Senior Program Supervisor of the USAID Y-RIE Program, emphasised USAID’s dedication to fostering robust protecting components that help constructive youth improvement. He famous the significance of initiatives just like the ASP in strengthening household methods by equipping mother and father with the abilities wanted to cut back dangers and promote wholesome improvement of youngsters.
This system’s success was additional strengthened by substantial help from Forest Springs Ltd., Heineken Saint Lucia, True Worth Constructing & {Hardware} Provides Ltd., Saint Lucia Desk Tennis Affiliation, Saint Lucia Teqball Affiliation, RISE Saint Lucia, and the Authorities of Saint Lucia by the Ministry of Youth Improvement and Sports activities. This help included donations of water, sports activities tools, and stationery.
The Ubuntu Motion Inc. is a nonprofit group devoted to empowering youth by holistic improvement applications comparable to SEEDS for Justice, Peace, and Financial Prosperity. Although this program, the group sought to cut back crime and violence whereas supporting youth in Vieux Fort and in the end Saint Lucia.
The USAID Y-RIE program was formally launched in Saint Lucia in February 2023. The ASP builds on a number of latest youth-focused initiatives between Y-RIE and its companions, such because the Ignite Venture with the Nationwide Enrichment and Studying (NELU), an entrepreneurial competency and TVET skills-building program for youth in Anse la Raye and Gros Islet, and the Summer season College Program with Uplift Saint Lucia for youth in Castries.
