Suriname honours Caricom’s ‘oldest youth’ for leadership

Dr Heather Johnson, during an address at a Caricom Youth Ambassadors Meeting in Suriname last week. (Caricom Secretariat photo)

Dr Heather Johnson, Caricom Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development, was decorated in the Order of Grand Officer of the Yellow Star of the Republic of Suriname by the Government of Suriname, last week, said a press release from the Caricom Secretariat at Turkeyen.

The honour was conferred during the closing ceremony of the two-day Caricom-Unasur High Level Youth Exchange hosted by Suriname’s President, Desire Delano Bouterse,