{"id":2273,"date":"2021-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/gwp-c-water-academy-for-youth-vote-now-for-your-favourite-caribbean-water-story\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:59:39","slug":"gwp-c-water-academy-for-youth-vote-now-for-your-favourite-caribbean-water-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/gwp-c-water-academy-for-youth-vote-now-for-your-favourite-caribbean-water-story\/","title":{"rendered":"GWP-C Water Academy for Youth \u2013 Vote Now for Your Favourite Caribbean Water Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On July 6th<\/sup>, 2021, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) launched its first-ever Water Academy for Youth (GWP-C WAY)<\/a>. This pilot programme which comes to an end on September 28th<\/sup>, 2021 was specially designed for Caribbean young leaders and professionals between the ages of 20 \u2013 35 years to build their capacity in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).<\/p>\n

GWP-C WAY Cohort members are representative of the following twelve (12) countries: Barbados, Belize, Cura\u00e7ao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.<\/i><\/p>\n

Over the past two (2) months, the Cohort has been exposed to a series of training sessions on IWRM and other areas; one of these being \u201cStorytelling in Water.\u201d This session was facilitated by Dr. Monica Morrison, an international Storytelling, Knowledge Management and Communications expert. As one of their learning assignments within the Academy, participants were asked to develop Caribbean water stories, with the option of submitting their final stories into the GWP-C WAY Story Awards.  <\/b><\/p>\n

One of the GWP-C WAY Story Awards (The People\u2019s Choice Award) <\/b>will be determined by public votes. We therefore invite YOU<\/b> to watch or listen to the various Caribbean water stories below, developed by members of the GWP-C WAY Cohort and vote for your favourite stories.<\/p>\n

VOTING<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can vote for as many stories as you wish, but you must use the voting link<\/span><\/b> provided under the respective story, to cast your vote. When you click the unique voting link under each story, you are simply required to enter your\/a name, click “Like,” then press send. Voting ends on September 20th<\/sup>, 2021 at midnight AST.<\/b><\/p>\n

GWP-C WAY Water Stories \u2013 Cast Your Vote Below for the People\u2019s Choice Award<\/b><\/h3>\n

Story 1:<\/b> Trinidad Under Siege from Water <\/p>\n

Storyteller:<\/b> Latoyaa Roberts <\/p>\n