Primary and secondary school students who are already registered participants under the Ministry of Youth and Culture’s Culture Passport programme are to benefit from targeted initiatives being hosted by the Ministry’s Culture Agencies and selected cultural communities during February, which is being observed as Black History and Reggae Month. Culture Passport allows young people to experience Jamaica’s culture and heritage....

Friday, February 5, 2016 - Art for Life, a programme that has been conceptualized and implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Culture, has over the years provided an avenue for children in state care to express themselves through the creative arts - dance, dub poetry, music, drama and art. To date, dozens of girls from the South Camp Road...

Some 619, 974 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have benefitted from interventions by the Ministry of Youth and Culture and its agencies during the period between 2012 and 2015.  Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna disclosed that face-to-face engagement with youth amounted to 280,049 during the period, while an additional 339,925 were reached via social...

Some 50 youth housed at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Detention Centre for Boys, in St. Catherine, are undergoing rehabilitation, in preparation for their reintegration into society. The Reaching Individuals Through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services is providing training in essential life skills, through its ‘Finding My Voice’ programme. Under the rehabilitation and reintegration component of the programme, the boys...

Students will converge at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Friday (January 22) to pray about issues affecting the country’s young people. The Prayer Rally, organised by the National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC), will commence at 3:00 p.m., and is also open to the general public. The event is part of the NSSC’s ‘I Respect You’ campaign, which aims to highlight...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture, through its Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD), will be conducting a Needs Analysis within each parish, to ascertain the current needs and challenges faced by youth. “It is the intent of the Division to use this information to customise the programmes being delivered in each parish to effectively address the respective parish youth...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is expanding its programme to focus on the personal development of the country’s young people. Starting on January 29, the Ministry will host a series of training workshops on health and wellness, social graces and etiquette, social media practices, wardrobe presentation, skin care, public speaking, self-discipline, self-motivation and critical thinking. The first workshop, which...