{"id":32068,"date":"2026-09-24T19:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=32068"},"modified":"2026-09-24T19:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:32:29","slug":"china-guyana-youth-leadership-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/china-guyana-youth-leadership-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"China-Guyana Youth Leadership Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-16 Guyanese students honoured<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Jordan Alkins <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen students from across Guyana were honored today for their leadership skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were recognized at the Chinese Embassy during the award ceremony for the Fifth China-Guyana Friendship Youth Leadership Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants were tested in four areas &#8211; an oral presentation, a critique of an art piece, a physical fitness challenge and a community-based project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winners, all in Grades 8 to 10, came from schools including Wisburg Secondary, President&#8217;s College, Kato Secondary and Mackenzie High school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of this year&#8217;s winners shared details of his project, and a past winner reflected on her journey after winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romarion Wolfe, a student of President&#8217;s College, said, &#8220;My project aimed to improve an unused area of my school by planting ornamental flowers in discarded tires. I wanted to make the space more attractive while also show how creative use can support sustainability learning and students responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Nitya Narine said, &#8220;<strong><em>In June 2026 I participated Guyana -china friendship society art competition, where I won for the teenage category and earned the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As initiatives like these continue, they not only strengthen the bond between Guyana and China but also give young people the chance and the opportunities to go further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each student honored today has shown that leadership can begin early, and with the right support, there is no limit to where it can lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-16 Guyanese students honoured -by Jordan Alkins Sixteen students from across Guyana were honored today for their leadership skills. They were recognized at the Chinese Embassy during the award ceremony&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[488,1289,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-32068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news","tag-488","tag-china-guyana","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32068","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32070,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32068\/revisions\/32070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}