 The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports will be starting observances of Youth Month 2023 with the staging of a praise and worship session on the Derrick Walkard Square on Monday, April 3. Minister responsible for youth development and sports, the Honourable Kenson Kazeme, says Youth Month this year will see a number of activities which will seek to engage young people. This year we decided as a ministry to really jump start our Youth Month activities with prayer. We believe that we need more prayer and divine intervention in our societies, in our communities, in our families, in our schools and all aspects of what engagement of youth is. And so we will be having very soon on Monday, April 3, we will be having a praise and worship session at the Derrick Walkard Square and we're certainly hoping that as many people as possible can come as many young people, parents, we want to engage everybody in this very special event. Shirley-Anne Cyril Mears, Youth Development Assistant, Music and Arts at the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports outlines part of the program for the praise and worship session. As we usher in Year of the Youth 2023, the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports will be hosting a celebration of National Youth Month on Monday, April 3 at the Derrick Walkard Square featuring our nation's youth, Jesus, Joseph, Melania, Louisa, Kelton Field, but the lab is the primary school choir and many more. It's going to be an awesome youthful experience and we encourage everyone to be part of this worship experience as we praise God together and we encourage everyone to be there. The worship prayer and prayer session will set at 3 in the afternoon and young people are being urged to join the celebration to usher a spirit of unity, love and peace among the youth. From the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, I'm Ryan O'Brien reporting.