On Tuesday 13th March, 2018 the Department of Youth and Culture, on behalf of the Government of Anguilla, provided a financial contribution of XCD 7,000.00 to the Literary and Debating Competition of the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School to defray the costs involved in hosting the 46th Annual Leeward Islands Debating Competition.
The Hon. Minister of Youth Affairs, Mr. Evans McNeil Rogers, Permanent Secretary of Youth Affairs, Dr. Donnie Richardson-Lake, and the Director and staff of the Department of Youth and Culture extended their congratulations to Team Anguilla for successfully hosting the event in very challenging times.
The Department remains committed to providing support to organisations on Anguilla that are engaged in initiatives to further develop and empower our nation’s youth. The Debating Society is a registered and accredited organisation of the Department of Youth and Culture.
Members of the various youth organisations on Anguilla, who have not yet been registered or accredited by the Department, are encouraged to contact the Senior Programme Officer – Youth Development- Ms. Joleyne Robin at Joleyne.robin@gov.ai or by telephone (264) 498 3792/497 0969. The registration and accreditation process is used to determine an organisation’s eligibility to receive funding from the Department of Youth and Culture.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
