The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is promising an improved National Achievement Day celebration, as the movement salutes youth achievement.

Slated for April 25-27 at the Denbigh showground in May Pen, Clarendon, the three-day event to be held under the theme: 'Transforming Jamaicathrough Youth Development', will turn the spotlight on young achievers, both inside and outside of the 4-H movement.

Chairman of the 4-H Clubs, Senator Norman Grant, speaking at the press launch of the event last Wednesday in Kingston, said this year's event "will be a celebration of our young people's success in the context of national development and simultaneously, the national drive to encourage young people to participate actively in the development of their own future."

The focus

He said the focus was an attempt to regain community support at the local level as well as "emphasise, highlight, and create a national dialogue about young people who are high achievers, bastions of success, integrity, initiative, self-help and self-reliance."

On National Achievement Day, clubbites from all 14 parishes will be saluted as they display their skills and compete for honours in areas of agriculture, home economics, environment and leadership development. Some 40 awards are expected to be presented on the day.