A what? An Elocution Competition.

It's a really great way to get students to practice speaking clearly in front of a crowd. In this case RAM organized a contest at the St Ignatius Secondary using Caribbean Poetry - and received an overwhelming response.

The winners of the event, pictured here, were Deshona Mentis who performed her poem with immaculate fluency and Rodrigues Thompson who took home the prized trophy for the boys with a nice piece of oration.

This was only one of the events organized by the School in collaboration with the RAM Team as apart of their week long activities for Youth Week, the 21st through the 25th of May.

Mrs. Archer the schools' Head Mistress expressed her gratitude for RAM's efforts in assisting to boost the importance of education to the students.

The participants were: Mary Parker, Juda Kenyon, Rosalie Yarde, Rodrigues Thompson, Deshona Mentis and Kenroy Robinson. Six Students competed with a breakdown of three males and three females.

The judges were: RAM's PR and Communications Officer Jessica Xavier, Ms. Torres of St. Ignatius, and Mr. Noel Prudencio of the Red Cross Association. The MC for the event was Mr. Philbert Malcolm who had the crowd rolling and was also responsible for a targeted talk on HIV and sexual health in between the competitive events.

All contestants who participated did a fantastic job and got a chance to develop their confidence and public speaking skills at the same time. RAM Guyana is committed to promoting opportunities for the youth to develop into leaders of tomorrow. Thank you for supporting these initiatives.