A NEW organisation, Kwakwani Educational Development Association (KEDA) will be launched today at the Kwakwani Workers Club.

The 19:00 hrs function will see a Ministry of Education representative officiating, one of the Directors, Troya Morian said.
Speaking by telephone, she said:”As youths are our future, we need to support them.”
Morian also stated that this is needed for the community since it does not have such an organisation and she urged youths to join as it will mainly focus on promoting educational activities in Kwakwani, such as youth conferences, sports and competitions.
Another director, Jumaine Thomas, who is a sixth year student at the University of Medical Science in Havana, Cuba, said the main objectives of KEDA is to create a programme for the development of education for youths and young adults of Kwakwani and, by extension, Guyana.
Other directors include Delney Swadin and Clarissa Hohenkirk. More are to be named after an election but no date was given for that exercise.
Meanwhile, 30 minutes after the launch of KEDA, at the same venue, there will be the 17th annual Miss Kwakwani Pageant.

Pageant Coordinator Morian said it was birthed in the year 1997 and she has seen an big increase in participants and spectators since. The new Pageant Queen will be crowned by the reigning one, Andrea Spencer.
This year’s winner of the contest will be get a trip to Kaieteur Falls and other gifts and prizes will be offered three other contestants.
Six beautiful young ladies will be representing various Ministries as follows:
* Larita Griffith (Miss Culture, Youth and Sport);
* Sharmine Stewart (Miss Communications);
* Rakeisha Cerriera (Miss Healh);
* Ericka Williams (Miss Education);
* Sheshana Rose (Miss Agriculture, Food and Security) and
* Vanessa Williams (Miss Public Works and Utility).

The delegates will also be given a chance to show off their individual talent pieces and evening gowns for which they will be judged.