Duke of Edinburgh International Award Seychelles – Youth and Sport Department https://www.ysd.gov.sc Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:02:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Egypt Festival of Arts “Expressive and Heritage of the African Youth” https://www.ysd.gov.sc/egypt-festival-of-arts-expressive-and-heritage-of-the-african-youth/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:02:47 +0000 https://www.ysd.gov.sc/?p=2564 Seychelles is represented by 9 young individuals at the Festival of Arts being held in the historical capital of Egypt Aswan City from the 27th November to 06th December 2019. Beside cultural exchange the delegation will be visiting historical sites, learning about the Egyptian culture, participate in cultural shows and exchanging cultural ideas with their fellow counterparts from different African Countries also participating in this festival.

Seychelles delegation in front of The Abu Simbel site of two temples built by the Egyptian king Ramses II (reigned 1279–13 bce)

For their first performance, Seychelles presented the Kamtole dance with a very enthusiastic crowd and our local french rapper Damasy new song “Princesses” got the audience dancing.

Performers floating the Seychelles flag

 

]]> The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Seychelles https://www.ysd.gov.sc/the-duke-of-edinburghs-international-award-seychelles/ Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:12:34 +0000 https://www.ysd.gov.sc/?p=2499 22 high achievers receive their gold standard award

They are the 10th cohort to earn the gold standard since the re-introduction of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International programme in 2000.

The new gold standard award holders were presented with their pins and certificates by President Danny Faure – who is the patron of the programme – during a brief ceremony at State House in the presence of their families.

Courtesy of Seychelles Nation: http://www.nation.sc/articles/163/the-duke-of-edinburghs-international-award-seychelles

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