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Students attend ‘My Life, My Future’ conference |24 April 2018

Secondary school students from Mahé are participating in the second Passion Conference under the theme ‘My Life, My Future’.

In view of negative influences impacting the youths, the Passion conference is a platform where youths come together to address issues, exchange ideas and support each other.

The issues include, anti-social behaviour, lack of passion, loss of interest in education and in family, drug and alcohol abuse, health problems, among other issues related to the development of youths.

The two-day passion conference, which also include songs, praise and worship, has been organised by the Everlasting Love Ministry (ELM) and the Youth For Christ International (YFCI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the Seychelles National Youth Council (SNYC).

It was the deputy chief executive of SNYC, Ghislaine Belmont, who launched the conference yesterday. Present were the Minister for Family Affairs Jeanne Simeon, the chief executive of the Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (Ceps) Jude Fred, chief executive of Care Noella Gonthier, representatives of various non-government organisations (NGOs) and other invitees.

Yesterday the youths from the different secondary schools engaged in discussions, presentations and group work on youth and social media, youth and money, youth and creative arts, career and vision, smart choices, drugs and alcohol, rights and responsibilities and my life is precious. 

They also had the chance to gather information through an exhibition held by different organisations such as Care, SNYC and HIV Aids Support Organisation (Haso), the Seychelles Bible Society, among others.

In launching the conference, Ms Belmont told the young participants to make the most of the conference as it created for them new pathways that will build their emotional resilience and aspiration thus helping them to make informed decisions, better choices and to progress in life.

Most of the young participants said that they are attending the conference for their own mentorship and to later pass what they have learnt to others.

Nisha Sinon, a 15-year-old S4 student from Pointe Larue school, said she attended the first workshop which had a positive effect on her life and was happy to attend the second with the hope of learning new things to pass on and make new friends.

Workshop coordinator Brigitta Camille said that due to budgetary constraints it was not possible to include students from Praslin and La Digue this time. A similar conference for participants on these two islands will be organised in August.

Meanwhile this workshop on Mahé ends this afternoon.

 

 

 

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