NAA of Duke of Edin. elects new executive

The National Council of the National Awards Authority of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme (St Vincent and the Grenadines) has elected a new executive.{{more}}

At a meeting held at the Girl Guide Headquarters on Saturday, April 21, 2012, the following persons were elected to serve for a two-year term to run the affairs of the Authority.

Chairman, Phillip Cambridge; Vice Chairman, Vulon Layne/Peterson; Secretary, Tamira Browne, Treasure Ms Althea Commissiong, PRO Mr Richard Browne, Ms Nina Maloney Immediate Past President, and Committee members Veltia Baptiste, Teroy Paul and Robyn Hadaway. The National Council also appointed Sunil Frazer as Legal advisor to the Council.

The Award concept is one of individual challenge and presents to young people a balanced non-competitive programme of voluntary activities which encourages personal discovery and growth,self-reliance,perseverance, responsibility to themselves and service to their community.

The Award is non-competitive. It is a personal challenge and not a competition against others. There is no sense in which one person’s Award is “better” than another’s because they walked further or achieved their Award in a shorter time frame. To achieve an Award, participants need to show individual improvement, based on their own starting ability and potential. The only competition is with themselves, to realise their potential and to conquer their challenges.

The N A A. would redouble its efforts over the next two years to further develop the program in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Awards are structured in three levels Bronze (persons 14 years and older) Silver (persons 15 years and older) and Gold (persons 16 years and older).