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| Carla Astaphan and a participant. | According to the UNESCO Youth PATH Project Coordinator, Ms. Mutryce A. Williams, Module II of the UNESCO Youth PATH training initiative has begun and is progressing smoothly.
She informed that in Module I, participants were trained in the areas of National Cultural Industries-Identification/Interpretation, Tour Guiding, Site Assessment, Planning and Organization; Team Building, Preparation of Site, Community Sensitization and Mobilization and Site Specific Activities. She says that Module II however focuses on training the participants in the areas of Computer applications, Design and Development of Tourism Products, Vending, First Aid/CPR, Hospitality, Natural Cultural Heritage Preservation and Site Specific Activities.
Ms. Williams said that Module I was a success. She attributes the success of the UNESCO Youth PATH Project thus far to the dedication of the UNESCO Youth PATH participants and the cadre of professional and learned facilitators. The group was the winner of the 2006 Tourism Slogan contest.
The group is responsible for the unveiling of "Queenie's Well" in St. Paul's and has begun the preservation of her memory as a part of Kittitian folklore. She informed that partnerships such as that with the American Group Sail Caribbean were formed and that preparations are being made for the 2007 Summer Exchange.
Recently Ms. Judette Pollack, a UNESCO Youth PATH participant assisted the Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in breaking the ground for the Robert L. Bradshaw Memorial Park in St. Pauls. Ms. Williams stated that she is pleased to with the progress that the group has made thus far.
She informed that approximately eighty percent of the UNESCO Youth PATH participants are young men. She said, "When the project began, I had difficulty recruiting young men. I had more young women than young men enrolled, however now I have more young men enrolled in and dedicated to the project."
Youth PATH is a program designed to assist disadvantaged young persons ages 15-25 to optimize economic opportunities, create socio-economic empowerment, and enhance the value of sustainable heritage tourism sites. Young persons in poor communities of the Caribbean are trained in the development and documentation of natural and cultural heritage sites in order for these sites to become centres of internal or international tourism and in so doing, develop entrepreneurial skills for income generation. ~~adz:Right~~
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