RHTY&SC, Panthera Solutions launch Youth Information Booklet

Say No/Say Yes Campaign…

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and one of its sponsors, Panthera Solution, on Friday last officially launched the latest edition of the Club’s Youth Information Booklet.
The Booklet was launched at a simple ceremony at the Providence, East Bank Demerara-based Head Office of Farfan & Mendes Ltd. Panthera Solutions is a joint venture company of Farfan & Mendes Ltd and the Canada-owned Crosbie Group Ltd.
Club Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster hailed the launching as another red letter day in the remarkable history of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation. The 40-page Booklet was printed at the F & H Printery in Georgetown and was part of an expanded Say No/Say Yes Campaign.
The highly-successful campaign is organised by the 10 cricket teams of the Club and targets about 70, 000 youths in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). Under the Campaign, the Club strives to get youths to say no to suicide, drugs, pre-marital sex, alcohol and crime, and yes to education, life, sports, culture and religion. Foster disclosed that the booklets would be distributed free of cost across Berbice to students; sports organisations; teachers; the University of Guyana; churches; libraries, NGOs and schools.
Foster, who is also the President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), stated that the main objective of the Booklet is to get youths to follow the narrow path to success. The Booklet covers over 25 topics of importance to youths along with an official message from RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu, profile of the official sponsor and the RHTY&SC.
Among the topics in the Booklet are Drug Abuse, Importance of Education, HIV/AIDS, Peer Pressure, Suicide, Basic Public Manners, Public Speaking, Teenage Pregnancy, Pre-Marital Sex, Importance of Religion, Choosing Friends, Respect to Elders, Personal Hygiene, Table Manners, Manners in the Classroom, Importance of Reading and Research, and how to handle job interview.
Photos of several RHTY&SC players are also included in an effort to get youths to emulate positive role models. The 2019 Medal of Service awardee stated that the Club during the course of 2019 has expanded the programme to target more youths. Over the last month, the Club has donated over $2 million worth of bicycles, school bags, educational materials and sports gear under the Say No/Say Yes Campaign with funding from the RHTY&SC Patron Fund. The Club would also be distributing thousands of anti-suicide posters, Youth Information Booklets and more bicycles, cricket balls and gear across Berbice.
Foster expressed gratitude to the management and staff of Panthera Solutions –Andrew Dinsdale, Onai Vasconcellos and Andrew Mendes for making the Booklet a success. Dinsdale stated that his company was delighted to be associated with the Booklet and Guyana’s leading youth organisation. He committed the company to working along with the Club as he was very impressed with the high standard of its work, Distribution of the Booklet has already started across Berbice and persons interested in obtaining a copy can call 337-4562, email the Club at [email protected], or visit the RHTY&SC Area H Ground.