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Local PoF activist wins special royal award

Local PoF activist wins special royal award

| 05/07/2022 | 4 Comments

(CNS): Caymanian activist Dejea Lyons (19), a founding member of Protect Our future, has received the highly prestigious Diana Award for her advocacy work for the environment. Established in memory of Princess Diana, the award is given to people aged 9-25 for their social action or humanitarian work. According to Tessy Ojo, the chief executive […]

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Youth activist to be Cayman’s voice at COP26

Youth activist to be Cayman’s voice at COP26

| 29/10/2021 | 32 Comments

(CNS): Overseas territories and other small island states will have very little representation at COP26, the major climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, which opens next week, despite being extremely vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet. But at least the Cayman Islands will have eco-warrior Dejea Lyons (18), one of the founders of […]

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