By RODRICK DESURI
AUKI
Sixty youth members from Guadalcanal and Malaita provinces are attending a National Youth Congress currently underway at the Women’s Resource Center in Auki, Malaita Province.
The two-week program started on Monday, November 17, and aims to bring peace and unity among the young people of the two provinces.
According to Frank Samo Sari, the youth gathering has reflected and shown ways forward for the youth to uphold peace, unity, and work together to build Solomon Islands as a peaceful nation.
He said the topics covered this week have included:
-Business management training
-Leadership and governance
-Proposal writing
-Mindset transformation
“Many activities were done within the past four days, during which the youths have discussed and mingled with each other during the presentations,” he said.
He stated that a young correctional inmate also shared his life experience in a correctional center with the youths.
He said the young inmate admitted to the youths that his convictions have caused him to spend most of his time in prison without any freedom.
“I admit to you that because of my convictions, I have been locked away in a dark place, and this has occurred because of my past ignorance and behavior in the community,” the inmate stressed.
The young inmate also urged the young people to make good decisions and choose a life between good and bad.
“Only God can help you before anything can happen for good or worse,” the inmate said.
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