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Samoa

Mr Vincent Faaofo

Commonwealth Youth Programme South Pacific Regional Youth Caucus

Vice-Chair

 

Vincent Faaofo, 23, is a young man of many talents.

 

By day, Vincent is a fair trading officer with Samoa’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, which means he investigates consumer complaints and looks at fair trading policy. Also by day – and sometimes by night – Vincent is a youth representative for Samoa.  

 

Vincent was already representing Samoan youth when he was selected to represent the South Pacific as a Regional Youth Caucus member. As a youth manaia or ‘Mr Youth for Samoa’, Vince’s job was to represent young people in forums and events both in Samoa and overseas. So when the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development was looking for a Regional Youth Caucus rep, Vincent was the obvious choice.

 

Vince is passionate about youth, and believes they’re valuable members of any society. 

 

“They have strong leadership and innovative skills for building a better future for a country as well as in the Pacific. They are a talented age group with great skills for advocacy,” says Vincent.

 

Vincent himself has been working for his community a number of years. He’s a peer educator and gets called in to talk about issues as varied as HIV and AIDS, youth justice, and development.

 

In his role as a RYC representative, he wants to learn more about youth issues and start contributing to some changes in the Pacific region.

 

“I hope in our time as RYC representatives we can make a good change for the young people of our region, and our goals and plans are achieved.”

 

Vincent is proud as punch to be representing the Pacific as well.

 

“It is a great pleasure, and makes me very proud to be in this important role. What makes me proud is that this will be a good challenge for me to represent or speak on behalf of many young people in my country, from other countries, as well as the whole region. I believe that I will gain better skills and knowledge as the journey goes on.”

 

Email: vincefaaofo@yahoo.com 

Phone: (685) 20 441        

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