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Big Brother Big Sisters wins Best of Bermuda award

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Bermuda has been named Most Charitable Charity in the 2013 Best of Bermuda Awards .BBBS is a mentoring programme aimed at helping youth realise their potential by facilitating the development of long-term one-to-one relationships with an adult mentor.The programme operates by a mentor, or “Big”, being matched with a youth, or “Little”, by interests and abilities of the child. The mentor becomes as a positive role model and friend to the youth while spending a minimum of three hours a week for at least one year. The aim of the programme is to help build personal values such as self-esteem, self-respect and respect toward others.A more in-depth story will follow in Tuesday’s edition of The Royal Gazette.