 Youth workers attached to the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports are advancing the concept of youth engagement and participation. All their programming, projects and activities are geared towards ensuring that young people in the various communities they represent are gainfully engaged in doing something meaningful. Recently the youth workers had another reporting session at the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. So today they have come in to report on some of the activities that are taking place and we are quite impressed with some of the work that they are doing among young people in the communities that they represent. The Director of Youth noted that based on the presentations of youth workers, they have forged many relationships with various stakeholders. Whether it is with the youth and sports organizations, with the community leaders, with the church, with influential young people in the communities. They have made those partnerships so that they are able to deliver in a much broader way that would impact the young people in the community. Youth work is very relational and is very partner oriented. You cannot do it alone because youth is such a cross cutting demography so that you don't just, not just in your corner doing the youth work. Today based on what we have seen, they are really increasing the presence in the community by partnering with various organizations and individuals to reach the young people in these communities. The youth workers give periodic reports to the Ministry on the progress of their activities and recommendations for the further development of young St. Lucians. From the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, I'm Ryan O'Brien.