The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) announced the winners for its Inaugural Pacific Cooperation Foundation Youth Leadership Awards at Parliament last week, in a special ceremony, hosted by the Hon. Aupito Toesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs. 

The aim of the PCF Youth Leadership Awards is to encourage and reward service leadership to benefit our communities not just in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also the Pacific region. 

This morning we’re joined by Gibson Gala - winner of the PCF Pioneer Award - Sponsored by the Pacific Business Hub. 

Gibson hails from Papua New Guinea and has 15 years’ experience in youth leadership at the local, regional, and international level. Gibson is currently studying towards his Masters in Disaster Risk Resilience at the University of Canterbury. These programs are sponsored by MFAT. 

Some of his many achievements include - 

• He represented Pacific youth at the Asia Pacific Youth Parliament for Water.
• One Young World Summit, Inaugural Global Intergenerational SEN Summit 2013
• Kizuna Youth Program.
• Australia Pacific Greenpeace Volunteers
• 350 Pacific.