SFCD Awards

• 1988/89: The President of the Club received the first ever Guyana Youth of the Year Award, Y.Y.

• 1989: First runner-up in the Caribbean / Commonwealth Youth of the Year Award.

• 1990/91: Commonwealth Youth Service Award Commendation.

• 1992/93: Commonwealth Youth Service Award. Winning from 36 countries around the world.

• 1994/95: Commonwealth Youth Service Award. (SFCD became the only Club in the world to ever win this award more than once).

• 1994 and 96: The President of the Club represented Guyana at the World Youth Leaders Summit in New York at the U.N Head Office, as well as the Assembly of Caribbean Youth in Trinidad and Tobago.

• 1995: The Vice President of the Club, Jeffrey Amerally won the Guyana Youth of the Year Award, which has been upgraded to a Medal of Service.

• 1996: The Secretary of the Club, Ms Karen Ann Nero became the country’s third Youth of the Year Awardee creating history by ensuring the National Youth Award is a part of the Club from 1988 to date.

• 1997/98: Karen Nero and Marciana Cummings, two members of the Club, became the first two Guyanese to acquire Scholarships for studying in Denmark and Angola with Humana People to People for fourteen months.

• 1999: The President of the Club was selected as one of the 60 most successful young social entrepreneurs in the world by 12 international donor agencies. He is now a member of the Common Futures Forum and the Global Meeting of the Generations. For the last two years, the Club’s activities have been highlighted around the world as a successful model for social change. Trips were made to Canada, Suriname, Colombia, South Africa, England, Haiti, the Caribbean, Bangladesh, and United States, etc., for training and speaking engagements.

• 1998: The Club’s activities are utilised as a model for sustainable development by a number of organisations such as CIDA, Partners in Rural Development (BCCP), CARICOM Youth Desk, Commonwealth Youth Programme, Food for the Poor, Guyana Fund, British High Commission, UNICEF, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, Partners of the Americas-Guyana/Mississippi.

• 1999/2000: The Club was able to secure the Commonwealth Youth Service Award for the third time and became the first organisation in the Commonwealth to gain a triple honour.

• In 2001, the Club was accepted as an accredited NGO to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. This accreditation affords the Club the opportunity of sending any four of its members to all major international conferences of the United Nations, and to benefit from UN activities.

• In 2001, the Club became a member of the World Federation of UNESCO Club.

• In 2001, St. Francis was honoured by Ernest and Young of Trinidad and Tobago with a certificate of achievement as a nominee in the 2001 Caribbean Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The Club was honoured for its ingenuity, hard work and innovation to create successful and growing business ventures.

• St. Francis was also honoured by the International Year of Volunteers 2001- Guyana Committee for the organisation’s outstanding voluntary service towards the social and economic development of Guyana.

 

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