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Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Leslie Harrow, with the 2021 Youth Ambassador, Kyla Gaynor. Miss. Gaynor was named an Ambassador after winning the agency's Hurricane Preparedness Digital Poster Competition.

ODPEM Names Youth Ambassador

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has named Kyla Gaynor as its 2021 Youth Ambassador. Her tenure will begin in January and last for one year. Miss Gaynor, a student of The Queen’s High School, was named...

Child Protection and Family Services Agency

CPFSA To Host Field Services Conference Dec. 2-3

Wards Exiting Care Benefit From Expo

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (standing second left), participates in the grant signing ceremony and launch of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Local Partner Development (LPD) Programme at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on November 19. He is joined by (standing from left) Chargé d'Affaires, United States Embassy in Kingtson, John McIntyre; Jamaica Country Representative, USAID, Jason Fraser; and Chief of Party, LPD, Morana Smodlaka Krajnovic. Displaying signed grant agreements (seated from left) are Executive Director, MultiCare Youth Foundation, Alicia Glasgow Gentles; Executive Director, Peace Management Initiative, Damian Hutchinson; and Executive Director, Violence Prevention Alliance, Dr. Deanna Ashley.

160 At-Risk Youth To Benefit From Crime And Violence-Prevention Programme

Acting Registrar at the National Children’s Registry of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson.

CPFSA To Host Runaway Webinar November 20

Supervisor of the Monitoring Unit, Policy Planning and Evaluation Division, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Wayne Grant.

5 years ago CoronavirusYouth

CPFSA Ensuring Sustained Monitoring Of Child Care Facilities’ Operations During COVID-19

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) continues to ensure that all State and privately operated child care facilities are adequately monitored, amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is being done through the Monitoring Unit of the CPFSA’s Policy Planning and Evaluation Division. The Unit’s Supervisor, Wayne Grant, told JIS News that their engagements also include monitoring youngsters...

Minister: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaks about the ‘Youth in Agriculture Roadmap’, at the launch on Thursday (November 12), at the Ministry in Kingston.

5 years ago AgricultureYouth

Agricultural Booklet Launched To Guide Youth

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in partnership with Jamaica 4-H Clubs, today (November 12) launched an agricultural booklet, ‘Youth in Agriculture, A Roadmap to Your Success’, to guide youth on a successful path in the industry. The roadmap, which was created by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, offers a comprehensive guide to farmers and youth who are interested in farming...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), partcipates in a ceremony for the handing over of tablets to students of the Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on November 4. Displaying devices (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School, Naomi Francis; students at the institution, Shanaouyah Laird and Odaine Dixon; Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz; student, Anecia Stewart; and Chairman, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Christopher Reckord.

5 years ago EducationInformationYouth

PM Monitoring Situation Of Children Being Out Of School

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he has been closely tracking the situation of children being out of school due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the absence of in-person learning has had a “terrible impact on our learning as a nation. Our children have truly been deprived and are, indeed, I would say, way behind...

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay, in St. Ann, engage in a beautification project at the Discovery Bay High School, as part of efforts to boost the aesthetics of the institution.

5 years ago EnvironmentYouth

Discovery Bay High Gets Facelift

The aesthetics of the Discovery Bay High School in St. Ann has received a boost, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay. President of the Club, Marlene Edwards, told JIS News that as part of Kiwanis International’s recent annual one-day project initiative, members of the club journeyed to the one-year-old high school, where trees were planted in old tyres...

Members of the Emmanuel Apostolic Church Dance Ministry performed a dance piece at the launch of Youth Month 2020 at the church in Kingston on November 1.

5 years ago InformationYouth

Youth Must Be At Centre Of Development Agenda

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, says that the country’s youth must be at the centre of the conversation about development in Jamaica. “Historically, it was the youth who inspired and executed the greatest change in societies. It is the youth, who will either benefit or pay the price for any decisions we make now,”...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative, Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Deputy Resident Representative, Vicente Teran, following a recent meeting at Jamaica House to discuss the impact of climate change on the nation’s children.

5 years ago Climate ChangeYouth

Gov’t Partners with UNICEF to Tackle Climate Change Impact on Jamaica’s Children

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has welcomed the Government’s partnership forged with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), through the Ministry, to address the impact of climate change on Jamaica’s children. “Children and young people have contributed the least to the current climate change and environmental degradation, but they are the most...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left), peruses a book during the handover of play therapy tools for children by the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation to the Ministry’s Victims Services Division (VSD) on Friday (October 16). Others (from left) are: Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart-McFarlane; General Manager, JN Foundation, Onyka Barrett-Scott; Director, VSD, Osbourne Bailey; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett-Templer.

5 years ago JusticeYouth

JN Foundation Donates Play Therapy Tools for Children to the Victim Services Division

The Ministry of Justice’s Victim Services Division (VSD) has received play therapy tools from the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation to be used as therapeutic aides in the recovery process for children who are victims of crime. The provisions, valued $1 million, include books, dolls, and puppets that will be used to outfit the play therapy area at a VSD service...