“The Outstanding Young Persons, 36th Edition, 2022” Nomination officially opens on 22 March 2022. JCI City Plus along with JCI Mauritius encourages the future of Mauritian and youngsters to uphold their beliefs. JCI (Junior Chamber International) honours ten outstanding young people under the age of 40 each year. These individuals exemplify the spirit of the JCI Mission and have extraordinary accomplishments regarding individual development, business and entrepreneurship, community action and international cooperation.
Whether through service, innovation, determination or revolutionary thinking, these young leaders create beneficial solutions on a local and global level. An international panel of judges then selects up to ten honourees, who are chosen from all the nominations, regardless of category entered. Past recipients have included sportspersons, those who have contributed to society in various ways, and those who have overcome handicaps. This year’s theme, for the 36th edition of this program, is “Nou Zeness, Nou lavenir” and follows from the JCI mission that is to empower young people to create positive change and to believe that our youth is the strength of our country.
Through this program, JCI wishes to share the stories of these young daring and determined individuals who are inspiring others by their talent and level of excellence. Over the past three decades, JCI has awarded some well-known personalities such as John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and Jackie Chan amongst others and also some less known person who created impact in their own personal way. Our past honourees includes a lot of personalities that have helped shaped our society such as Eddy Yeung, Dalilah Kalah, Vedant Dharam amongst others.
Last year, Hansley Noruthun of Mauritius has been selected as a 2021 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (JCI TOYP) Honoree in the category of Scientific and/or Technological Development for his passion about space and his active participation to help developing countries, specifically targeting youth in Africa, to explore and develop space technology and education in civil society, academia and in the private sector. He has campaigned for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and made it his goal to advocate for quality education and socio-economic growth while addressing global challenges using innovative approaches.
JCI Mauritius invites young Mauritius aged between 18-40 years old to be nominated in one of the following ten categories:
· Business, economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment
· Political, legal, and/or governmental affairs
· Academic leadership and/or accomplishment
· Cultural achievement
· Moral and/or environmental leadership
· Contribution to children, world peace, and/or human rights
· Humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership
· Scientific and/or technological development
· Personal improvement and/or accomplishment
· Medical innovation Nominees will then go through the selection process lead by an appointed jury panel, at the end of which, 5 finalists will be selected to represent Mauritius.
The five national honourees will have the chance to participate in the International TOYP Program where they will join the pool of around 2,000 honourees from around the world for the selection of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award. To express your interest or if you wish to nominate someone, visit the JCI Mauritius TOYP page at https://toyp.jcimauritius.org/ for more information. Nominations are free and are open until 8pm, 10 April 2022.
