S!NERGY x Brazil
YSP Brazil organized a S!NERGY event on April 27 at Santa Catarina State University, Palhoca, with the theme, “The Change That We Can Create.” Two hundred students and organizational leaders attended the program. In attendance were: professors, President of the University, and local government leaders including the City Councilor and the City Department Director.
The event was filled with amazing speeches given from numerous leaders. Mr. Fabio Henrique Pereira gave the opening speech and Mr.In Soung Kwun, special youth emissary, delivered a welcoming speech about the hope of youth and students. Mr. Koji Matsuda, YSP International Vice President, provided the keynote address with the title, “Dreams and Vision of the YSP Founders”.
YSP Brazil gave an award for those people who were part of making a Peace Designer Program. Winners were judged by eight professors and a program specialist in Peace Design. First, second and third prizes were administered to the selected winners of the program. While sharing testimonies on the program, the students who received prizes determined to be frontliners in peace activities.
Mr. Samuel Ota Linares, YSP Latin America President, inspired everyone with his message, “We Need to Spread the Founders Love to Latin America and Make it Happen Before 2020.”