THE Paradise Assembly of God Church Youth Ministry benefited from several life-skill interventions carried out by final year social work students of the University of Guyana (UG) as part of their ‘Community Practice’ project. 

The intervention saw youths gaining tremendous exposure on topics such as appropriate behaviour, effective communication, courtesy to persons, negative and positive peer pressure, puberty, and leadership among youths. It lasted for eight consecutive weeks from September 27th and concluded on November 22nd.
This initiative was conducted by Tashia James, Selleen Sukho and Shennel Moore (Social Work students) alongside Stokley Roberts and Indera Horrilall, 3rd year Environmental Studies students, all of whom worked tirelessly to benefit the youths of the community and to make them successful individuals who will eventually aid in serving their community in the future.
To help facilitate the students’ project, persons were invited to enlighten the youths on the stated topics. Much consideration and appreciation were shown by the youths as they displayed a positive change in behaviour after the various interventions were conducted.

(Shivanie Sugrim)