 The youth development and Sports Minister Hon. Edmund Estefan continues to emphasise the role of youth in national development and the commitment of government to harness and utilise this quantum of the population for such. In his contribution to the debate on the 2021-2022 appropriations bill, he referenced the professionalisation of youth work as part of this effort. This unnoticed profession work is particularly significant in the context of COVID-19 and so our youth workers go out there and even virtually the administer youth programs to our young people and I will leave that there youth work is well and alive on this island and we have about 20 youth workers on island working in the communities to help our distressed youth and so on and even those who are not distressed to at least guide them to safety and to bring programs to them for their development and for their upliftment. The minister recognised the work of the youth service core and the contributions to the advancement of communities. He says the program also presents participants with development opportunities. We have volunteers along the island and I can give you some of the areas that they work. It's a situation where together with employers the government pays some of the salary, the employer pays some and those persons are engaged in in employment and in a lot of instances those individuals are retained by those employers. Honourable Estefan encourage members of youth organisations to exercise initiative and hold their executives to account.