Georgetown: The Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA) officially announces the appointment of Umadevi Bux, as the new Guyana Representative for the Caribbean and Americas Commonwealth Students’ Association working group. This appointment comes with great pleasure and anticipation, as Ms. Bux is also the Regional Coordinator, Policy and Advocacy for the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador Network; as such she brings a wide array of knowledge and skills set to the above mention focus areas for Guyana via the International Commonwealth Youth Network.
The Commonwealth Students’ Association is the joining of student organisations within the Commonwealth. Their role is to be an independent advocate for students and brings students’ perspectives into the policy decision making processes of the Commonwealth. The CSA will amplify the voice of students and seeks to enhance the role of students in the Commonwealth and in policy matters that affect their lives. The CSA will be the official platform for student associations and organisations in the Commonwealth and beyond.
During her two-year service with the Commonwealth Students’ Association, Ms. Bux will seek to advocate for better education policies in both private and state educational institutions for students across all regions in Guyana. She will also be working alongside the CSA to lobby for Student’s Rights; Government and Private Sector involvement in the education sector and set up a working national student association. This will involve stakeholders to ensure positive impacts are made within the education sector for all parties involved.
Ms. Bux is also the Co-founder of Give Foundation Guyana, a non-profit organisation geared at bringing primary health care and assistance in any way possible to the less fortunate. This organization was founded in 2015 after over ten (10) years working with youth both professionally and voluntarily. She began her professional experience as a teacher in 2006 at the Zeeburg Secondary School on the West Coast Demerara in Guyana, South America. Ms. Bux served six (6) years teaching English Language and English Literature. Ms. Bux was also a Journalist working with a leading national newspaper, Guyana Times Inc.
Ms. Bux currently chairs the GIVE Foundation Guyana as the Founder/President, has sat as a member of the National Youth Parliament 2011, where she serves as Youth Minster of Human Services, wining the best analytical and reasoning debater award. She also served on the National Student’s Movement Core Committee, the Youth National Steering Committee, the University of Guyana International Affairs Association.
Ms. Bux social activism in Guyana; also include representing the youth of Guyana and Youth around the world at several international conferences and summer programmes, including the Commonwealth Youth Forum 2018 (CHOGM 2018), Interseliger forum (August 2013) in Russian Federation School of Science and Politics, the Third (3rd) Summer School of United Nations Alliance of Civilization- Certification (UNAoC ) August 2012 Portugal, Model of Organization Of American States (MOAS) March 2012, Bolivia; and held the National Directorship of an International Pageant, Miss India Guyana 2017-2018.
Ms. Bux is currently pursuing a Medical Degree in General Medicine at the Texila American University in Guyana, South America.
The organisations said it is proud to have Ms. Bux be the advocate to ensure the goal to to advocate for the rights of students in education.
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