Nafesha Richardson
Nafesha Veronica Richardson is the founder of Spark SVG. She is a youth rights defender from St Vincent and the Grenadines. She is a member of the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network (CYGEN), a Youth Champion of the Escazú Agreement. She is also a volunteer at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Girl Guides Association.
Nafesha Richardson | |
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| Born | 1996 |
| Nationality | St Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Occupation | climate activist |
| Website | https://kaossarasani.com/ |
Activism and Works
changeAt the age of 7, Nafesha Richardson joined the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Girl Guides Association willingly to learn and fight for the social and domestic issues. Those issues were affecting the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Those issues are mostly domestic and sexual violences.[1] In May 2019, at the age of 22, Nafesha founded the "Spark St Vincent and the Grenadines" (Spark SVG). With this, she aimed to inspire, empower and motivate young people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to improve positive changes in the society.[2][3] She attended Commonwealth Banquet in the year 2020.[4]
She attended "Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition" held in Milan, Italy. In the event, she was a representative from St Vincent and the Grenadines on the 28th-30th of September 2021.[5] It was a Pre-COP event organized by Ministry of Ecological Transition, Connect4Climate and Office of Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, launched on June 2020.[6] Presently, she is an active ambassador for "One Young World".[7]
References
change- ↑ "Igniting change in the lives of young people".
- ↑ "About Us". SPARK SVG | Youth Empowerment Organization | Kingstown, SVG. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ Nika, Papo (2021-10-18). "Nafesha Richardson is a youth rights defender from St Vincent and the Grenadines". Medium.
- ↑ "Ambassador launched flagship health app & more". www.oneyoungworld.com.
- ↑ "Nafesha Richardson and Deaney Gellizeau will represent SVG at the Youth4Climate summit". St Vincent Times.
- ↑ ""Youth for Climate Live": a series of virtual events". Ministero della Transizione Ecologica. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Two for Youth4Climate event". thevincentian.com. The Vincentian. Retrieved 2022-04-18.