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Youth group secures funding for Regional education project
Global Youth Movement – Guyana (GYM-G) will embark on a one year Community
Dr. Patrick Williams – Country Manager for WWF Guyana hands over the signed agreement and cheque of first disbursement to Mr. Mark Ross – Executive Director and Rianna Bowman – Deputy Executive Director of GYM-G as Mr. Karranchand Indarjit – Finance Officer – WWF looks on.
Mercury Education and Awareness Project in Region Five. The project seeks to “stimulate community action on environment issues, specifically the use and effects of mercury by increasing awareness and building capacity of people to reduce pollution.”
The $3.2 M project will be implemented with $1.3million coming by way of support from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas.
Additional finances will be sourced from an existing project funded by the Global Environment Facility – Small Grants Programme executed by the United Nations Development Programme.
The main components of the project are a public education campaign using mass media and training of Artisan and Small Gold Miners (ASGM) and jewelers on the effects of mercury on humans and the environment. In addition to miners and jewelers the project seeks to inform a wider audience about these effects. GYM-G believes that with community actions there can be national and global impacts.
Global Youth Movement – Guyana is a registered organization and was formed in 2011 by youth as a platform to celebrate United Nations designated – International Year of Youth 2010-2011. It is a youth advocacy group which aims at engaging key stakeholders working in youth development on various issues affecting young people.
The group had initiated International Year of Youth Activities in Guyana and has since undertaken many projects in coastal regions. Among the key policy issues the youth movement has been advocating for are the National Youth Policy, the formation of a National Youth Commission, a Youth Development Fund and the establishment of a non-partisan youth parliament.
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