SIDS Youth AIMS Hub-Seychelles (SYAH
Seychelles)
SIDS Youth AIMS Hub- Seychelles is the
Seychelles Chapter of a regional network of
young people on Small Island Developing
States (SIDS) in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean,
Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS)
is a youth led NGO. SYAH Seychelles was
founded in 2014 with the aims of promoting
and advancing youth-led sustainable
development projects, as well as increasing
youth participation in decision-making
at both national and international level.
The overall objective involves a network
of regional small island states engaging
young people to play an active role in the
sustainable development of their countries,
on a national, regional and global level.
There are many initiatives and projects
relating to the 4 Sustainable Development
Goals such as, Clean Energy (SDG 7), Climate
Change (SDG 13), Life below Water (SDG 14)
and Life on Land (SDG 15).
A Seychelles Free Plastic Bags Campaign
A Seychelles Free from Plastic Bags was
a campaign launched by the SIDS Youth
AIMS Hub - Seychelles in July 2015 to
commemorate International Day free from
plastic bags. After it was announced, late
2015, by the Ministry of Environment,
Energy and Climate Change that there
would be a ban on plastic bags, SYAH chose
multi tasked approach - online and offline
education, action orientated policy and
research. They coined their campaign with
the hashtag - #SayYesToThePlasticBan
of which 12 clean ups over 12 months
took place mobilising small groups and
large groups to take action against coastal
littering and raise awareness on the
negative impact of plastic. SYAH also aw the
collaboration with prison inmates at the
Seychelles prison to produce alternatives
to plastic bags where the inmates produced
bags that can be reused of which were then
sold and reinvested into the campaign.ABSOLUTE