Friday the Junior Chamber International Haiti (JCI Haiti) officially launched the fourth edition of the competition of the «The Ten Outstanding Young Persons» under the theme "Youth, give yourself the opportunity to be recognized as a model."

Organised under the patronage of the Embassy of Canada, Médiatexte and other partners, the competition aims to identify, recognize and appreciate the values ​​and merits of 10 Haitian youth aged 18-40 years, who excelled in the following areas economic, political, education, culture, environment, child welfare, world peace and / or human rights, humanitarian and / or volunteering, science and / or technology, development and / or personal achievement, health.

This project responds to the need to provide benchmarks for Haitian youth who must constitute a pool for decades to come in the country. Abraham Jeskar Hansen, the project manager, has insisted on the fact that the competition aims to promote innovative and creative capacity of young people in various fields and gives the possibility to the the first winners to represent Haiti in the competition "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World" organized by the JCI office at the World Congress next year.

Yves Bernard Remarais, the National President of JCI Haiti, declared "No society can live fully without landmarks. Recognizing this, the JCI Haiti and its partners want to value those who give body and soul to improve the conditions of the lives of others [...] In these difficult times, it becomes imperative to give more space for young people able to project the best that man can offer."

Key dates of the competition are :

- On August 29, 2014 (start of the contest);

- On October 15, 2014 (Close of collecting applications);

- On November 18, 2014 (Selection of laureates by the jury);

- On December 5, 2014 (Awards ceremony).

The registration form is available on :

docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dC1ZT0p5QWNCb3pidGRfQmxraEpHR1E6MA

About JCI Haiti :

Member of Junior Chamber global network in over 110 countries, JCI Haiti is a nonprofit organization based on membership of young active citizens aged 18 to 40. Members of JCI Haiti identify problems and propose targeted solutions to create a positive impact for the benefit of community members. JCI Haiti is present in ten departments across 14 local organizations and has more than 550 members.

S/ HaitiLibre