Vincentian youth Kevie Frederick are among Seven Youth Ambassadors from the Eastern Caribbean who travelled to the United States for the 2017 Youth Ambassadors Programme for the Caribbean.
The goals of the Youth Ambassadors programme are to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and South America, and the Caribbean; prepare youth leaders to become responsible citizens and contributing members of their communities; influence the attitudes of the leaders of a new generation, and foster relationships among youth from different ethnic, religious, and national groups; and create networks of hemispheric youth leaders, both within the participating countries and internationally.
During their exchange, participants will focus on the programme themes of civic education, leadership, and community service. Students will create social action plans at the end of their community programme, that each will implement in his/her own country.
Other participants hail from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Since 2007, World Learning has implemented the Youth Ambassadors Programme. World Learning is an American nonprofit organisation advancing leadership in more than 60 countries.
Its mission is to empower people and strengthen institutions through education, sustainable development, and exchange programmes.
The programme began on August 7 in Vermont and concludes in Washington, D.C. on August 28.