Kijana Callwood, 9, helps prepare salt fish during a cooking class last week at the Youth Empowerment Project. Photo: NGOVOU GYANG

On a recent Wednesday morning at the Youth Empowerment Project, Nerissa Wilson was teaching a group of children how to cook.

 

Kijana Callwood, 9, helps prepare salt fish during a cooking class last week at the Youth Empowerment Project. Photo: NGOVOU GYANG
“Anyone wants to help pour out the water this time?” Ms. Wilson asked as she prepared to drain hot water from a pot of salt fish.

Almost all of the children volunteered, but Ms. Wilson selected 9-year-old Kijana Callwood.

“First, you have to wash off the salt; then you put it to boil,” explained the Pelican Gate student. “You have to pour out the water a lot while cooking until almost all the salt is out.”

Like the cooking lesson, many of the activities held at YEP in July and August focused on personal development, said Stacy Mather, the organisation’s executive director.

“This [summer] has been good,” Mr. Mather said. “I’d say one of our best, because, primarily, we wanted to add an element of community service, which we did through partnerships with Visions Service Adventures and Lifeworks International.”

See the Sept. 3, 2015 edition for full coverage.

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