Lalita Gopaul, a Guyanese environmental sustainability activist, is among 16 youths who have been shortlisted for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards.
Gopaul’s nomination is due to recognition for her work, which has seen her reaching out to more than a hundred farmers countrywide in order to educate them to adopt more sustainable and environmentally-friendly farming methods.
Gopaul, 24, grew up in the small farming village of Clon-brook, which is located on the East Coast Demerara, while she now resides in the community of Doch Four, also on the East Coast.
