Department of Youth Services Concludes Outreach Activities in Southern Belize

The Department of Youth Services ended a week’s worth of outreach activities in southern Belize today with an open day in the Stann Creek District. The department had been visiting schools in the district and today it teamed up with the Ministry of Youth and UNICEF for the open day in San Juan/Cow Pen. Minister of Youth Rodwell Ferguson said that making it to every event is difficult, but he tries his best to ensure that he supports the work of reaching the youth. 

Deputy Director of the DYS, Indira Logue, said that the department will be focusing on the mental health of youths in its outreach activities this year. 

The department reached around six hundred students at the primary and high school levels through the activities.