The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service celebrated Youth Excellence at the 27th edition of the National Youth Awards at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain, on Thursday 21st September, 2023. In keeping with this year’s theme: Celebrating Youth Excellence, the Regency Ballroom was filled with young men and women from across Trinidad and […]
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Samantha Rampersad (Trinidad) and Luke James-Trim (Tobago) are Trinidad and Tobago’s newly appointed CARICOM Youth Ambassadors. These ambassadors will also serve alongside their alternates Zion Benjamin (Trinidad) and Jessica Forbes (Tobago) for the period 2023 – 2025. On Friday 8th September, 2023, the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) hosted the Appointment Ceremony […]
Four (400) hundred participants were present at the Youth in Agriculture Orientation hosted by the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS), which combined three of its youth agricultural programmes: The Youth Agricultural Homestead Programme; the Youth Agricultural Shade House Project and the Youth Aquaculture Project. The Orientation took place on Monday 4th September […]
Youth Week activities continued on Wednesday 16th August, 2023 with a Youth Entrepreneurship Market and Career Prep at the National Academy for Performing Arts, Port of Spain. From 10:00 a.m., scores of young people attended the second Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) event. “I am very excited about Youth Week. This is […]
The National Youth Awards, an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service, celebrates youth in our country for their dedication towards activism, academia, and innovation in business, agriculture, sport and other social issues. Nominations for the National Youth Awards will close on Thursday 17th August, 2023. Members of the public are encouraged to […]
Moruga Youth Enjoy the MYDNS Caravan
The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service’s Youth Career and Education Caravan (YCEC) returned to the road for Cycle Two of the initiative on Saturday 5th August, 2023 in Moruga. From 11:00 a.m., over 200 Moruga youths made their way to the Moruga Multi-Purpose Youth and Sport Facility for youth-focused education and entrepreneurship opportunities […]
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The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) officially opened nominations for the 27th National Youth Awards on Wednesday 19th July, 2023 at the Ministry’s Head Office, St. Clair, Port-of-Spain. Staff Members of the MYDNS gathered for a presentation yesterday titled the “Unveiling and Toast” where this year’s theme and nomination categories were revealed. […]
A group of twenty (20) students between 14 and 18 years paid a courtesy visit to Minister of Youth Development and National Service, the Honourable Foster Cummings, on Tuesday 11th July, 2023, at the Head Office of the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service in St. Clair, Port of Spain. During the meeting, the […]
The Minister, Permanent Secretary and staff of the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) extend deepest condolences to Dr. Madgerie Jameson-Charles, family and friends of Dr. Henry Charles, Youth Development Practitioner and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine. “Dr. Charles was a central pillar in supporting the work of […]