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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), cuts the ribbon to officially reopen the refurbished Summerfield Child Care Facility, in Clarendon, on April 18.

Summerfield Child Facility Refurbished

Some $50 million has been spent by the Child Development Agency (CDA) to refurbish the Summerfield Child Facility in Clarendon, which houses 31 teenage girls. Speaking at the official reopening on April 18, State Minister in the Ministry of Education,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Patron of Child Month, Hon. Douglas Orane, at the launch of Child Month 2017 on April 6, at GraceKennedy Headquarters, downtown Kingston.

Int’l Partnerships Being Forged to Address Child Abuse

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right) and Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, Maura Barry Boyle (second right) in discussion at the handover of a Mobile Mental Health Unit, ‘Smile Mobile,’ to the Child Development Agency (CDA), in Kingston, on April 7. The unit is to assist in strengthening the capacity of the CDA to provide psychological assessment and treatment of youth who have been traumatised by various acts of violence and abuse.

Child Development Agency Gets Mobile Mental Health Unit

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left), converses with (from left) Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Fairweather; Organization of American States representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel; and Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, Maura Barry Boyle, during the launch of the programme, dubbed 'A New Path', at the South Camp Juvenile Remand Centre, today (April 7).

All Juvenile Wards of the State to Benefit from ‘A New Path’

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

Two Buses for Children in State Care

9 years ago Youth

Jamaicans Urged to Support Work of NCMC

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...

9 years ago Youth

150 Youth Being Trained in 3D Animation

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...

9 years ago Youth

Children’s Homes to be Renovated

Some $40 million has been allocated by the Government for renovation work at several children’s homes and places of safety this year. This sum is in addition to the more than $80 million spent by the Government to renovate a number of children’s homes and places of safety in 2016. The institutions identified for the refurbishing project include Granville Place...

9 years ago Youth

Prime Minister’s Youth Awards Returns this Year

State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence will return this year. Making the announcement during his Sectoral Debate presentation on April 5 in the House of Representatives, Mr. Green said young people will be selected from a list of categories. These include Academics, Youth in Service,...

9 years ago Youth

More Youth to Gain Work Experience Under GWEP

The Government has been increasing the number of young persons gaining work and professional development, according to Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. The State Minister is reporting that under the Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP), 600 youth will gain placements this year, up from the 503 last year, and the 300...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third left), presents a trophy to Personal Development Teacher at Ardenne High School, Kamika McKellop (second left), after the school emerged winner of last year’s Best School Spirit, at the staging of the Success Conference for Teens 2017, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on March 31. Others (from left) are Conference Chairperson and Founder of the Children Upliftment Restoration Foundation, Dr. Velma Brown-Hamilton, and Custos of Kingston, Steadman Fuller.

9 years ago EducationYouth

Students Urged to Research Career Choices

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is encouraging students to learn about their preferred career choice as well as to develop sound moral values. “Read, research and study as much as you can about your choice of career, about new developments and available opportunities that will enable you to pursue your goals. You should also consider...

9 years ago JusticeYouth

Child Diversion Policy to Provide Alternative for Juvenile Offenders

The Ministry of Justice will be setting up 14 Justice Centres across the island, which will be the focal point to spread and push alternative dispute resolution programmes such as restorative justice, mediation and child diversion. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the centres are also expected to be the meeting places for the parish child diversion committees as well...