State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging residents to be more proactive in safeguarding children in their neighbourhoods. “Be vigilant in your communities. Once you suspect something, make a report. The law says if you know something, you must say something,” he said. He was speaking at a Programme of Advancement through Health and Education...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will commence its 2017 Parent Mentor Programme on Tuesday, May 9 with an outreach event dubbed ‘From Street Talk to Real Talk’. The activity is part of the NPSC’s Effective Parenting Intervention Framework (EPIF) and will be held in the communities of Rocky Point and Hayes in Clarendon. Head of the Commission’s Parenting Support...

Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is appealing to Jamaicans to support the work of the Committee. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on April 20, Dr. Mullings said that the 54 year-old committee is mandated to ensure that May is observed in Jamaica as Child Month through planned activities. She pointed out that the NCMC...

Approximately 150 young people are benefiting from training in 3D animation, which will prepare them to take up lucrative jobs within the global industry. The 10-month ‘Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme’ involves partnership between the Youth Employment in the Digital and Animation Industry (YEDAI) project and the Carlos Argüello (CA) Foundation. The training, which got under way in February...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is forging international partnerships to address child abuse across the island. Speaking at the launch of Child Month, which is observed annually in May, Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said in an effort to keep our children safe, Jamaica has been designated a ‘Pathfinder Country’, which is a ‘Global...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) today (April 7) received a Mobile Mental Health Unit, ‘Smile Mobile’, from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It has been provided under the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) Project. Retrofitted with two counselling areas, Wi-Fi service, air conditioning, a refrigerator, sink and cabinets, the mobile health unit will...

Juvenile wards of the State at all correctional facilities will now benefit under the second phase of the programme dubbed ‘A New Path’. The programme, which initially targeted wards at the South Camp Juvenile Remand & Correctional Centre and the Metcalfe Street Juvenile Correctional Centre, in Kingston, has been extended to the Rio Cobre and Hill Top juvenile correctional centres....