Jean Paul Fabri from Attard recently won the Youth of the Year Award 2010 organised by the Kerygma Movement.

The winner was announced by Kerygma Movement director general Fr Charles Fenech, and a trophy was presented to Mr Fabri by President George Abela after Mass celebrated at St Dominic’s church, Rabat.

Mr Fabri is a graduate in economics, works in the Office of the Prime Minister and is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Malta.

He is the vice-president of the Lourdes Voluntary Association, which aims to take the sick to Lourdes, while organising activities to subsidise costs for those who cannot afford to pay.

Mr Fabri has been accompanying the sick to Lourdes every year for the past 11 years.

He strives hard to raise awareness of this voluntary work and to get other young people interested in this experience.

He wrote a children’s book both in Maltese and English about the rosary. The proceeds from the sale of this book go towards paying the transportation costs of the sick children to Lourdes.

He is currently working with a group of volunteers which includes doctors and psychiatrists to try and introduce a group of ‘Clown Doctors’ for sick children at Mater Dei Hospital.

The nine other finalists for the award were Anne Marie Agius from Sta Luċija, the late Damian Agius from Qormi, Anne Marie Borg from Attard, Brendan Buttigieg from Munxar, Vanessa Caruana from Msida, Anton D’Amato from Żurrieq, Maria Pellicano from Siġġiewi, Mario Sammut from Mġarr and Jonathan Zarb from Iklin.

The trophy is awarded every year in honour of the late Dr Rudolph Saliba who was Kerygma Movement’s first president.

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