11 young, bright and determined Nevisian youths were honoured at the 2026 Youth Impact Awards for their hard work and dedication towards nation building on Tuesday, November 10^th, 2026.

They are: Darc Browne for Sports Excellence, Adelvin Phillip for Youth Development in the area of Sports, Trevaun Ward for Volunteerism, Jermella Browne for Youth Entrepreneurship in Culinary Arts, Jaiden Clarke in Technology, Kerese Elliott for Youth in Entrepreneurship highlighting Sustainable Fashion… …

… … E. Steadroy Pemberton in Youth Entrepreneurship-Architecture, La-Shawn Smithen in Education and Lifelong Learning, Laikhwattie Tilackdharry Jadoonanan in Education and Lifelong Learning, Ajay Williams in Youth Technology and Cecovah Hughes for Youth in Agriculture.

 The event was held at the Malcolm Guishard Recreational Park, Pinneys.

The Department of Youth said on its facebook page “From sports and entrepreneurship to technology, agriculture, education and volunteerism, these young people are demonstrating that youth excellence is alive and thriving! To our awardees, congratulations! Your achievements, commitment and contributions deserve to be celebrated.”