Last Updated on January 11, 2023, 2:08 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The St Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment has taken to its social media account to share an update for the Youth population of St Kitts and Nevis. The update is for individuals who want to register their organization and groups with the Department formally. As per the update, The Department of Youth Empowerment will soon open registration for youth organizations or youth groups as mentioned above.
Along with this update, the St Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment has shared some important information to guide the individuals while they register your organization at the correct time.
The Department of Youth Empowerment has two types of youth groups registered:
YOUTH-LED ORGANIZATIONS and YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
Talking about youth-led organizations, the Department laid out the following guidelines,
- In the context of St Kitts and Nevis, a youth-led organization is a public Non-Governmental Organization.
- The Non-Governmental Organization is required to comprise no less than five young people.
- The ages of the participants must be between 12 years and 30 years.
- Further, the Department clarifies that youth-led organizations must be predominantly governed by and participated by youth.
- The membership of the organization is required to include at least 60% of persons ages 12-29.
All the groups that meet the prerequisites are allowed to register with the Department of Youth Empowerment as a youth-led organization.
Further, the Department of Youth Empowerment also detailed certain guidelines for youth-serving organizations. According to the Department of Youth empowerment:
- A youth-serving organization is an organization that serves the youth and youth interests.
- The Department clarifies that such organizations are not predominantly governed by youth.
- These organizations may range in nature. The nature variance may include civic, faith-based, governmental, sports and charity etc.
- These variances are not limited to the aforementioned.
As per the St Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment, such organizations are allowed to register with the Department of Youth Empowerment as a Partner/Youth-Serving Organization.
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