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MYDNS Youth Caravan

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Youth Development Minister Encourages Entrepreneurs with $20,000 Grant and Business Development Opportunities

Youth Development and National Service Minister, the Honourable Foster Cummings, confirmed Cabinet’s recent approval for the Micro and Small Business Grant scheme which offers a $20,000 grant, training and mentoring to support budding entrepreneurs in taking their initial steps towards self-employment. Minister Cummings said, “The Government has approved a budget of twenty-four million dollars annually […]

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Global Entrepreneurship Week

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CDD Office Closure

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Youth Minister Visits YAHP Students at UTT ECIAF Campus

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Youth Development and National Service Minister, the Honourable Foster Cummings, visited students of the Youth Agricultural Homestead Programme (YAHP), at the University of Trinidad and Tobago’s Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (ECIAF) Campus, in Centeno. During his visit, Minister Cummings received positive feedback from the students of Cohort […]

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Youth Development Minister urges young people to get involved in the fight against human trafficking

Youth Development and National Service Minister, the Honourable Foster Cummings, has urged young people in Trinidad and Tobago to prepare themselves for getting involved in the fight against human trafficking. He said this is a global challenge which respects no borders, which preys on the vulnerable, destroying lives and undermining the very principles upon which […]

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Youth Minister Distributes Instruments off Appointment to the Friendly Societies Advisory Council

Reappointments and appointments were made to the Advisory Friendly Society Council (AFSC) by the Honourable Foster Cummings, Minister of Youth Development and National Service, today Friday October 06, 2023, at the Head Office of Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) in Port of Spain. The Honourable Foster Cummings, Minister of Youth Development and […]

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Youth Ministry Honours Youth Excellence at 2023 Awards

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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Youth Ministry Welcomes New CARICOM Youth Ambassadors

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 […]

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Youth Minister Launches “Youth in Agriculture” Programmes

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 […]