Aida Daniel addresses UNICEF Executive Board Meeting Special Session on Climate Change. Photo courtesy UNICEF Facebook Twitter Email Share Adia S. Daniel, a passionate and driven 17-year-old, second-year student of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, has told a compelling story on climate change during a special session of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board Meeting. “Imagine a world where the sky darkens, the winds howl with an unearthly fury, the sea rises like a wrathful beast, and a child crumbles to their knees in fear,” said Daniel, who, earlier this year, was appointed to the Climate Change Sectoral Group by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Youth. “This is not a scene from a horror movie, but a grim reality that we in the Caribbean face due to the devastating impact of climate change,” added Daniel, who is dedicated to her role as a youth advocate, working with organizations such as UNICEF, Unite2030, Caribbean Youth Gender & Equality Network, and Equal Rights, Access & Opportunities SVG to advocate for policy reform and improved mental health support for the youth in her community. Daniel’s commitment to mental health and climate action resulted in her being appointed UNICEF’s Caribbean Youth Mental Health Focal Point for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She has since been a part of the Let’s Unpack It network that has recently launched mental health resources of which she is a co-author, and has participated in UNICEF’s Youth Advocacy Guide Training in Barbados, becoming a YAG Champion Trainer. “Hurricanes, once rare occurrences, have become all too common in our region, leaving destruction and despair in their wake – homes destroyed, livelihoods lost and lives shattered,” Daniel told the UNICEF Special Session on Climate Change. “To many, my region […]
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