Tag: Youth

12th September 2013 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica

by Syranno Baines

Digital and Communications Officer

COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH SPORTS

When you think of SPORTS , what often comes to mind is a favorite team, players or a game. Not uncommon, would be thoughts of physical activity and possibly leisure time. However, sports has far outgrown such limiting boundaries, and is now widely accepted as possibly one of the strongest agents of community development

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22nd July 2013

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Phenomenon of World Youth Day

Denver, Manila, Paris, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Sydney, Czestochowa, Toronto, Cologne, Rome, Santiago de Compostela. What unites all these cities is the experience of hosting World Youth Day (WYD, GMG, JMJ), one of the most spectacular global events in the Christian calendar. Inaugurated by Pope John Paul II in 1985, this sometimes biennial, sometimes triennial festival […]

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29th May 2013 Kingston, Jamaica

by Anna Jordan-West

Migration Project Manager, British High Commission, Jamaica

Howzat!

Although I have yet to see the man in action, I have heard that Courtney Walsh has ‘probably bowled faster, for longer than any man in history’. His track record is clearly impressive, achieving 519 Test wickets and over 30,000 balls, and his role as an Ambassador for sport in Jamaica is highly deserved. Despite […]

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22nd May 2013 Ottawa, Canada

Investing in the next generation of Entrepreneurs and Innovators

At some point or another, we have all heard the saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. But nowhere is this more apparent, and perhaps even vital, than in today’s economically strenuous times. While national unemployment rates have steadily soared across North America and Europe, the recession and the subsequent shortage […]

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