"Creating the right Balance for Change"
About Ms. Scott
As the CEO of Volunteer Youth Corps Inc. (VYC), Goldie Scott continues to lead VYC to many successes. In her role, Scott exhibits strategic Planning; she demonstrates tact diplomacy and responsibility when interacting with colleagues, management personnel, staff, volunteers, international donor agencies and government, private sector and counterpart organisations. Simply put, Scott believes in youth and volunteerism; volunteerism as a means of reaching and empowering the less fortunate and disadvantaged – Scott’s vigorous and innovative fight to seek financial assistance for hospitalized persons needing treatment overseas and successfully executing the international program Big Brothers Big Sisters for the continent of South America are examples of that.
About Mr.Chisholm
Twenty-three 23yr old Korey Anthony Chisholm is extremely devoted to the effective and consistent development of young people. Korey has been in the field of youth advocacy, HIV programming and management for the six years with the various civil society organisations in Guyana and is very zealous about community mobilization, governance, HIV, sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender issues amongst young people and the gender and sexual minority communities.
Korey hold an award for global youth service (2006) and outstanding peer education and voluntary work (2005). He is currently National UNV Volunteer – Community Youth Facilitator under the UNDP Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion attached to Volunteer Youth Corps Inc. (VYC) as the Project Officer.
About Ms. Reid
Jennel Reid is a trained teacher with four years experience teaching in the primary level; a now National UNV Volunteer for UNDP’s EPTSI Project and a recent addition to the Volunteer Youth Corp Inc. team as the Program Officer of the Health Promotion, Education and Knowledge Development Department.
As the Project Officer of VYC’s In-School Peace Education and Community Youth Facilitator of UNDP’s EPTSI project, it is Jennel’s major responsibility to facilitate interactive life skills and peace education sessions in specially selected secondary schools utilizing VYC’s manual/guidelines and peace education materials. In an effort to reestablish VYC and return to some of the principles that form the foundation upon which this organization stands and has developed from - additional responsibilities include organizing and supervising volunteers in non-medical support outreaches to the Public Hospital and other geriatric and pediatric institutions.
