Youth Pre-Conference was basic...

 Yajira, Elias and Daniel from the Dominican Republic, Korey from Guyana,attended the Jaevion from Jamaica attended the Youth Pre-conference

This is the first conference for Yajira and she said she was excited at meeting other young persons from across the world who are also working in HIV/AIDS. Elias, Daniel, Korey and Jaevion said that they thought the pre-conference was basic in that it  did not offer much in the way of depth. Korey said he picked up some points on monitoring and evaluation  for information programmes. These youth have been working in HIV/AIDS and thus they were a bit disappointed that the conference did not offer more in depth discussion and presentations. In terms of what they had given to the conference, they all said that they were happy to share ideas with other people.

Jaevion felt that his presentation on Conversations for Change was enjoyed by they participants, which included other Caribbean youth who do not identify as LGBT. Daniel, Elias and Yajira also said it was good to share information about Dominican Republic and to let others know about their country.

The youth are participating in other activities. The Jamaica Youth Advocacy network had a poster presentation in the main conference, while Korey has chaired a major panel discussion.

The Caribbean Youth Forum will be held on 21st and 22nd July, 2010 and the youth hope to raise other specific issues for the Caribbean governments.