Ad­vo­cates for Safe Par­ent­hood: Im­prov­ing Re­pro­duc­tive Eq­ui­ty (As­pire) held its Health and Fam­i­ly Life Ed­u­ca­tion (HFLE) quiz 2010 fi­nals and prize giv­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the Nor­mandie Ho­tel on Oc­to­ber 9. The com­pe­ti­tion was made pos­si­ble by the Unit­ed Na­tions Pop­u­la­tion Fund (UNF­PA).

In her ad­dress, ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor, Glen­nis Hy­a­centh, spoke of As­pire's im­por­tant con­tri­bu­tion to cre­at­ing greater aware­ness of key health and fam­i­ly life is­sues among young peo­ple. As­pire's Chair­per­son, Lynette See­baran Suite re­it­er­at­ed the call for age ap­pro­pri­ate com­pre­hen­sive sex­u­al­i­ty ed­u­ca­tion pro­gramme in schools. Al­to­geth­er, six youth groups keen­ly con­test­ed the com­pe­ti­tion, with a mere one point sep­a­rat­ing the teams in the pre­lim­i­nary and se­mi fi­nal rounds.

Com­mu­ni­ty Trans­form­ing Com­mit­tee (CTC) and the St James Po­lice Youth Club vied for the Er­rol Fa­bi­en chal­lenge tro­phy be­fore a packed au­di­ence of more than 130 young peo­ple. CTC of Dibe and Don­don­ald Hill in St James emerged win­ners, and walked away with two net­book com­put­ers, an all in print­er, scan­ner and pho­to­copi­er, and $300 worth of UTC units.

Spe­cial prizes were al­so award­ed for the Team Spir­it Award, won by Beause­jour Com­mu­ni­ty Coun­cil youth group, and the Most Valu­able Team Mem­ber, which was won by Crys­tal Browne. All par­tic­i­pants walked away with cer­tifi­cates of par­tic­i­pa­tion and in­di­vid­ual gifts.