RHTYSC, Sonia Noel Foundation hosts Youth Inspiration Forum
Sonia Noel (second from right) along with Hilbert Foster another hosts of the programme.
The Cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club in collaboration with the Sonia Noel Foundation of Creative Arts, the ‘B’ Division of the Guyana Police Force and the ST. Francis Community Developers on Tuesday last hosted a highly successful Youth Inspiration Forum at the ST. Francis Training Centre.
The forum, which was attended by over 600 students drawn from schools across Region 6, was described by the students as one of their best personal experience and they issued an appeal for more sessions of a similar nature to be held across the ancient county.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in welcoming the large group of youths, stated that the main objective of the forum was to inspire youths to fulfill their full potentials in education and sports while assisting them at the same time to start preparation for a career for the future. The long serving Club Secretary/CEO stated that it was important for youths to plan for a future career and to inspire them to stay away from the evil world of Satan and his social ills of crime, drugs and Suicide. Foster spoke widely of the importance of education and the benefits of getting involved in sports.
The other speakers at the inspiration Forum were Asst. Commissioner of Police Ian Amsterdam, MS. World Guyana 2015 and famed Guyanese singer Lisa Punch, founder and CEO of Fabulous Homes International Reality Group DR. Karis Munroe and renowned Guyanese Fashion icon Sonia Noel. Asst. Commissioner Amsterdam spoke widely on the importance of a positive attitude, personal discipline and value of hard work to achieve success. The highly popular Lisa Punch used her personal story to advise the attentive audience that success is possible for anyone once they dare to dream and be prepared to plan properly to achieve it. Punch, who won the MS. Talent award at MS. World 2015 contest also encouraged the students to have strong faith in God as he would never fail them. Punch surprised the students by regularly bursting into some of her popular music, stated that one can achieve success in areas like music or sports and still achieve good grades in education once they are committed.
Fashion icon Noel in a well-received presentation to the packed auditorium spoke of the importance of choosing a career early in life, the need to be focused on achieving that objective and using her own rags to riches story, stated that success could only be achieved throughout sheer hard determination and a strong desire to succeed against all odds.
DR. Munroe in her one hour presentation told the audience that they must dream so big, it must scare them. She shared the tips used to manifest her dream – Visualize what you would like to achieve, Write it down with a date in mind as a dream with a date becomes a goal, Make an action plan, Take full responsibilities for your goals, find an accountability partner, mentally prepare yourself for challenges and act like the successful person you have chosen to become, remembering to believe in yourself.
Several students won financial awards for answering questions after each presentation, while a large number of students in remarks during the event hailed the four hours event as a great motivation and urged the organisers to host similar ones across Berbice. The event was organised by the RHT Farfan and Mendes Under 15, Bakewell Under 17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under 19 and Intermediate, Metro Female and Gizmos & Gadgets Under 21 and First Division cricket teams as part of their personal development programme.
