Five hundred Young Citizens (YC) members from primary schools gathered at the Paradis Des Enfants on Saturday to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the movement.
During the event, organised by the Seychelles National Youth Council (SNYC), the members from different regions got the opportunity to make new friends and engage in different games.
The YC movement was officially launched on March 12, 2004 to provide a more holistic education to our children and youth, by going beyond the formal curriculum endeavour to promote a strong sense of patriotism in our Seychellois citizens.
The coordinator of the YC movement, Anne-Marie Adrien, said the event was not only to mark the anniversary but also to thank God for allowing us to help enhance the knowledge of the children on good values in life.
The ceremony also saw the launch of the value for this month which is ‘Honesty’.
Also during the ceremony two SNYC members – Nolline Sally, a teacher from La Retraite school and Militna Marie from Grand Anse Mahé School, both received a certificate for having been with the Young Citizens movement for 10 years.
On the same day another activity was also on the menu, organised by SNYC at the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (Site) for the secondary students.
The secondary members had chosen to use the anniversary of the YC to honour the hard work and devotion of their mothers and women in society.
The SNYC chief executive Alvin Laurence pointed out that women play a key role in the society and in SNYC.
“In SNYC there are about 65 women and nine men, which shows that women are playing a key role in our society. Those women work really hard to promote good values in our children,” he said.
During the ceremony all the women present received a rose on the occasion of Women’s Day celebrated earlier in the week.
Source : Seychelles NATION