Latest update February 22nd, 2025 2:00 PM
Latest News
- $277.9M Mabaruma Magistrates’ Court commissioned at Mabaruma
- Min. Indar scolds contractors over unsanctioned works days after VP Jagdeo called out ministry’s shoddy management of construction sites
- White House expects Ukraine to sign critical minerals deal soon
- Simplify cash grant distribution processes
- Peacemaker chopped after intervening in argument
RHTY&SC cricket teams, St. Francis Youth Club & Scotia Bank launch Anti Suicide & Drugs Campaign
The recently resuscitated St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club in conjunction with the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has made public their massive Anti Drugs and Suicide Campaign aimed at thousands of youths in the Ancient County.
Club representatives show off the Say No To Suicide posters.
The two clubs with the sponsorship from the Bank of Nova Scotia unveiled two impressive multi-coloured posters which advise youth to cherish life as a gift from God and to Say No to Suicide and also remain drug free as usage of illegal drugs could destroy their future.
Secretary of the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Club, Veronica Narain said that the two posters would be distributed to schools across the County with special emphasis on the Corentyne area while they would also be shared out to sports clubs, youth organisations, churches, libraries, and public institutions.
Ms. Narain advised the youths that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem and that there are other solutions to any situations facing them. Suicide, Ms. Narain stated is 100% preventable and called on youths not to keep their problems to themselves but to seek the counsel of trusted friends and respected elders.
Drug abuse is also a major problem affecting teenagers in Berbice, and Ms. Narain advised youths also to choose their friends wisely and to always say No to Drugs despite peer pressure.
President of the Youth Club, Andrew Smartt expressed pleasure at working with the cricket teams as it was the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club which founded the RHTY&SC in 1990.
Smartt expressed gratitude to the Bank of Nova Scotia and Ms. Jennifer Cipriani for their sponsorship of the posters. Mentor of the St. Francis Youth Club and Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC Hilbert Foster stated that the two clubs would also be unveiling an Anti-Suicide TV commercial in conjunction with Dave Television Station (DTV-8) later this week.
The commercial would be aired several times per day in an effort to reduce the suicide problems affecting youths in Berbice.
Foster also disclosed that counseling sessions would be arranged for youths, an essay competition would be organised on suicide while several youth and sport organisations would benefit from donations to assist them to make a positive difference in the lives of youths.
Two Inter Secondary Schools cricket tournaments for Under-15 male and female students have also been organised as part of the massive Anti Drugs and Suicide campaign by the two organisations.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
The clock and the cloud
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more
CARICOM Nations Should Respond Together To new U.S. Policies
By Sir Ronald Sanders Ambassador to the US and the OAS, Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News-Two Executive Orders issued by U.S.... more
Weekend Cartoon
