The Ministry of Youth is committed to creating safe spaces for the island’s young people.
Minister of Youth and Community Empowerment Adrian Forde said this was the ministry’s main focus during this year’s National Youth Week and beyond.
“We are focusing on creating safe spaces where young people can express themselves as young people. As I said the creative element of our country must be that element that drives our economy.
“The pool of creativity lies within the depths of our young people so we have to create spaces and environments where their talents are exposed, where their thoughts, creativity, innovation and imagination are exposed,” the minister explained.
Forde was speaking at a church service yesterday morning at Bank Hall Church of the Nazarene to mark the beginning of National Youth Week, an annual celebration of youth development in Barbados.
This year’s theme is Save Spaces for Youth and the week will run from September 23 to September 30.
Forde said the government must walk hand in hand with the young people so their visions and dreams could be made a reality. (DB)
