IYD: International Youth Day is marked on 12th August annually. The theme this year (2015) has been;
Being a youth group we only thought it right to host our first public event on this day.
After much planning and discussion we were able to secure sponsorship from the Fiji National University (FNU) to use their lecture room at the Raiwai campus. Not only this, but the Acting Vice Chancellor kindly sponsored the refreshments for the event as well.
We were happy to set the space for a number of young people who performed for the very first time. We hope to create more spaces like these for youths in the near future.
Among our small audience was His Excellency; Mr. Roderick Drummond, the British High Commissioner. We glad to have such great support for youths from dignitaries in our society.
The diverse group of young people that performed talked about their civic engagement and highlighted topics including; religion, gender, violence, drugs, family, youth, education, political participation and equality.
The press release for this event can be found here.
A IYD 2015 video message was also launched.
Videos of individual performances will be launched on our youtube channel soon.
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