JA Africa Best Facilitator 2016

How did you feel when you found out you had won the JA Africa Best Facilitator Award?

It was a surprise for me when I was informed I was a nominee for the Award. I was deeply honoured to receive my Certificate from His Excellency Mr. Paramasivum Pillay VYAPOORY G.O.S.K., VicePresident of the Republic of Mauritius. I am proud as a Mauritian to have been in-line with the standards of JA Africa countries. It raises my profile locally. Every day I am being congratulated. I am still enjoying this moment of glory.

As a Facilitator, my role is to ensure that all youth that are on my way, become aware of JA Programs and have the
opportunity to go through them. I teach them the importance to go to school, to be educated, the World of work, what skills are required for each job, how to choose their career in relation with skills and passion. I push them to develop their leadership skills, to become JA Facilitators, to serve their peers and contribute towards an educated nation. I am glad to be part of the family of JA facilitators.

Being a facilitator for JA Mascareignes for the past recent years, how do JA Programs contribute to the development of youngsters?

Through the JA Programs, Junior Achievement Mascareignes teach the young generation to live well in their community, there is no good or bad job, to respect everybody, to learn about Civil Servants jobs, why Government perceives taxes, understand voting procedures, globalization, financial and economic skills, insurance, budgeting, how acquire skills for interviews, to write a c.v. They learn in an easy and funny way with their peers as JA programs are complementary to the formal education curriculum. JA Programs are unavoidable ways for youth to achieve success.

What do you feel is the significance of JA Mini Company for the young generations?

JA Mini Company gives the young generation a taste of what is Entrepreneurship. By managing their own company, they become aware of what is involved in running a business, while giving them the opportunity to choose their future career. In that way they can choose to become an Entrepreneur or not. With JA Mini Company Program, youth have the opportunity to build step by step their business in the right way.