The 18th edition of the prestigious annual event of Youth of the Year was held by OASI Foundation, last Saturday, the 20th of November 2010 at Hotel Ta’ Cenc, Sannat Gozo. Present for this national event were H.E The President of Malta Dr. George Abela, Agent Prime Minister and Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, Members of Parliament and heads of voluntary organisations and various educational and civil departments.

H.E The President of Malta Dr. George Abela and the Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, in their address acknowledged publicly the immeasurable amount of voluntary activity done for no personal gain but solely and constantly for philanthropic reasons by many Maltese and Gozitan youths.

The aim of this event, annually organised by the OASI Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry for Gozo and the National Youths Council, is to publicly acknowledge and appraise the voluntary work in society carried out by many Maltese youths. This year was the 18th edition of the Award.

Nine youths, the eight from Malta and one from Gozo qualified for the final event held last Saturday. The nominations were presented by various organisations around Malta and Gozo. As the tradition requested, the event started with the acknowledgement of all nominees with a certificate and a commemorative trophy presented to each one of the nominees by the Director General of OASI Foundation Fr. Emmanuel Cordina, assisted by last ambassador of Youth of the Year Ms. Sarah Caruana.

Naturally the most exciting moment of the evening was when Public Notary Dr. Enzo Refalo proclaimed the verdict of the Selection Committee, committee. An outbreak of applause greeted the announcement of Sarah Borg as the Youth of the Year 2010. From the detailed report read out to the public present, it was clear that the members of this year’s committee had a tough decision on their hands, since there was a great amount of initiatives and dedication within all the nominees’ community work.

H.E The President of Malta Dr. George Abela presented Sarah Borg with the Youth of the Year Shield for 2010. She will keep this shield for the next 12 months until the time comes for her to hand it over to next year’s Youth of the Year.

Sarah Borg was nominated from “Grupp Flimkien Naslu” for helping on voluntary basis persons with intellectual disability. Sarah not only helped by supporting the members in their day to day activities but also by enabling and empowering them to represent themselves and their needs in our society. In this group she could be described as an all rounder because she helped wherever was needed.

The OASI Foundation would like to congratulate Sarah Borg, and all the other nominees for taking the time to see past the material value of what life offers and help others in the community who needed her assistance. The Foundation would also like to thank its sponsors who, through their generous donations have made this special event possible. A Big Thank You to the the Department of Customer Care at the Ministry for Gozo, National Youths Council, Malta Community Chest Fund, Ta’ Cenc Hotel, Prostage Sound, CVC Communications, Lorne Cremona Photography, Michael Grech Financial Investment Srvice Ltd., Bank of Valletta, Mizzi Motors and Lombard Bank.

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