{"id":25718,"date":"2025-01-21T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25718"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:55:13","slug":"youth-vibe-space-opens-in-linden-to-empower-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/youth-vibe-space-opens-in-linden-to-empower-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Vibe Space Opens in Linden to Empower Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracey Liverpool<\/em><br><em>December 11, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has inaugurated the first youth-friendly facility in Region Ten, the Youth Vibe Space, located at Block 22, Linden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility, officially opened on Monday by Human Services Minister Dr. Vindhya Persaud, is designed to provide a creative and empowering environment for young people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The space is intended to foster personal growth, creativity, and mentorship opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Youth Vibe Space will serve as a hub for various activities, including homework assistance, computer access, and skills development programs under the Youth Resilience, Inclusion, and Empowerment (YRIE) initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility aims to prepare young people to become positively contributing adults within their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth advocate Stephen Francis will oversee the operations of the center, which is open to all young people in the Linden community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNFPA&#8217;s contribution to the initiative included donations of sports equipment, games, furniture, stationery, and books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans are also underway to expand the space into a fully equipped library, further enhancing its role in promoting learning and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This innovative initiative reflects the government and UNFPA&#8217;s commitment to empowering youth and creating opportunities for their development in Region Ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey LiverpoolDecember 11, 2024 The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has inaugurated the first youth-friendly facility in Region&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25718","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=25718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25719,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25718\/revisions\/25719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}