{"id":21980,"date":"2024-09-02T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21980"},"modified":"2024-09-02T22:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T22:57:37","slug":"youth-summer-camp-launched-in-sophia-to-promote-personal-growth-and-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/youth-summer-camp-launched-in-sophia-to-promote-personal-growth-and-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Summer Camp Launched in Sophia to Promote Personal Growth and Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Kimberly Giddings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Guyana, through the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, has launched a youth summer camp at the North Sophia Community Centre in Greater Georgetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp, running from August 12 to August 16, aims to foster community involvement and provide educational support to children through the Social-Emotional Support Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the launch, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, engaged with the young participants, encouraging them to fully participate in the camp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the importance of using this opportunity to enhance personal development and emotional well-being, empowering them to contribute positively to their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp is designed to offer a healthy environment where children can grow, learn their rights, and be supported by the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents present at the event also expressed their gratitude, noting the significance of such initiatives in shaping the lives of the youth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One parent, June Watts, urged the children to take full advantage of the program to enrich their lives both educationally and emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The youth summer camp is part of a broader government initiative to provide support to young people during the school break, with plans to extend similar programs to other regions throughout the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings The government of Guyana, through the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, has launched a youth summer camp at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21981,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21980\/revisions\/21981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}