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Congratulations to all the DYS Belize Youth Awards winners! Congratulations to Ben Garcia for winning the Influencer of the Year award, and Juan Menjivar for winning the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

The DYS has a lot of events planned for Youth Week. The Belize Youth Awards will be on Friday the 4th, and the National Youth Tradeshow and Festival will be on the 5th in Belmopan.

'Calling all young entrepreneurs in the City of Belmopan! Here is your chance to participate in the National Youth Trade Show and Festival 2022.

The Youth Trade Show and Featival will be held on November 5, 2022 at the National Agricultural Showgrounds in the City of Belmopan.

For more information kindly register @ https://forms.gle/kaNBatpqFWB4A66z8

The Department of Youth Services had their 2016 Youth Awards last week.  Cayo was well represented at the event.  Thank you, DYS, for all the planning and effort that went into this event.  Congratulations to all the bright and outstanding youths that won!

The DYS is asking for nominations for the 2023 National Youth Awards. Deadline for nominations is the 4th of November.

https://forms.gle/2DSUzQQ1RwjKBx2v8

The Youth Awards ceremony will be held at Sacred Heart College on Saturday, November 25th.

The 2023 National Youth Awards ceremony will be held tomorrow morning at 10am. Great to see the future generation being recognized.

Congratulations to all the National Youth Awards winners!  Extremely positive role models for all the Belizean youth.  6 of the winners are from Cayo.

"Congratulations to all of our 2018 winners of this year’s Belize Youth Awards! 
The categories and winners are:

Youth in Sports MALE - James Bregal (Cayo)
Youth in Sports FEMALE - Jasmin Armstrong (Cayo)

Outstanding Youth in Visual Arts - David Smith (Cayo)

Youth Leadership & Advocacy - Kris Miller (Cayo)
Volunteerism/Community Service Award - Belmopan Youth Spiritual Program (Cayo)

Fellow in Youth Development Work Award- Belmopan Active Youths BAY (Cayo)
Environmental Award- Leon Dawson (Belize)
The Diversely Abled Award - Malik Young (Belize)
Outstanding Youth in Media - Xavissa Molina (Belize)
Youth Group Award - Rotaract Club of Belize (Belize)
Innovation - Belize High School Robotics Team (Belize)
Outstanding Young Musician- Musa Shaheed (Belize)

Youth in Enterprise Award - Arselito Sanchez (Orange Walk)
Academic Excellence Award - Shaniedi Chell (Orange Walk) 

Outstanding Religious Group - Emerging Generation (Orange Walk)"