FOUR YOUTHS are hoping to make a difference for their peers. They wish not just to encourage holistic and independent learning, but to help them develop emotional intelligence and conflict resolution skills. The Academic Mentorship and Peer Mediation Youth Ambassador Programme (AMP-YA), a collaboration with the US Embassy, is making its way across the country.

It was officially launched on July 14. Funded by the US State Department, it is part of the embassy’s Youth Ambassador initiative. It is being hailed as a student transformation project.

It is the brainchild of youth ambassadors 19-year-olds Syed Ali and Seleste Blackman, 18-year-old Celine Sahadeo and 15-year-old Erica Mendez, as well as adult mentor Tiffany George.