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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services ‘Finding My Voice’ programme closing ceremony expo and concert held on May 31 at Emancipation Park in Kingston. The EU-funded national programme focused on the prevention of child abuse through a multimedia public-education campaign.
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services ‘Finding My Voice’ programme closing ceremony expo and concert held on May 31 at Emancipation Park in Kingston. The EU-funded national programme focused on the prevention of child abuse through a multimedia public-education campaign.

Children Encouraged to Speak out Against Abuse

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging children to speak out against abuse. Mr. Green said that while there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of child abuse by adults, there...
Director of Prayer 2000, Rev. Dr. Naila Ricketts, prays for children at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Day of Prayer, held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston, on May 31. This was the final activity in observance of Child Month (May).
Director of Prayer 2000, Rev. Dr. Naila Ricketts, prays for children at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Day of Prayer, held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston, on May 31. This was the final activity in observance of Child Month (May).

Day of Prayer for Children
Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (centre) and Registrar General’s Department (RGD) Chief Executive Officer, Deidre English Gosse (2nd right), shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to undertake the processing of birth certificates for 4,200 beneficiaries from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities. This will enable the residents to access basic social services. Others (from left) are Technical ICDP Team Leader, World Bank, Emanuela Monterio; and JSIF executives – General Manager, Technical Services-Project Management, Loy Malcolm; and Development Manager, Mona Sue-Ho.
Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (centre) and Registrar General’s Department (RGD) Chief Executive Officer, Deidre English Gosse (2nd right), shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to undertake the processing of birth certificates for 4,200 beneficiaries from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities. This will enable the residents to access basic social services. Others (from left) are Technical ICDP Team Leader, World Bank, Emanuela Monterio; and JSIF executives – General Manager, Technical Services-Project Management, Loy Malcolm; and Development Manager, Mona Sue-Ho.

JSIF to Implement Projects to Benefit Thousands of Youth
Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Central and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), comforts Richard Dean (second left), grieving father of abduction victim, Ananda Dean, at the refreshed mural of the young girl on White Hall Avenue, Kingston 8, where Ananda attended a primary school. She was abducted and murdered in 2008. Occasion was a sensitisation session on child protection with members of the Whitehall Avenue community by representatives of several government and child-protection agencies, on May 24. Others (from left) are grandmother of Ananda, Darcy Williams; State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey and three-year old sister of Ananda, Peyton Dean.
Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Central and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), comforts Richard Dean (second left), grieving father of abduction victim, Ananda Dean, at the refreshed mural of the young girl on White Hall Avenue, Kingston 8, where Ananda attended a primary school. She was abducted and murdered in 2008. Occasion was a sensitisation session on child protection with members of the Whitehall Avenue community by representatives of several government and child-protection agencies, on May 24. Others (from left) are grandmother of Ananda, Darcy Williams; State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey and three-year old sister of Ananda, Peyton Dean.

Residents Take Part in Child Protection Sensitisation Session
Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left), hugs lower-sixth-form student of the Wolmer’s Girls’ School, Shakeema Evans, during the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Children’s Day activity held on May 19 at St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston.
Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left), hugs lower-sixth-form student of the Wolmer’s Girls’ School, Shakeema Evans, during the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Children’s Day activity held on May 19 at St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston.

NCMC Celebrates Nation’s Children

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Senior Director for Community Services, Youth Services Division, HEART Trust/NTA, Rayharna Wright.
Youth

25,200 Young People to be Employed Under Summer Work Programme

The HEART Trust/NTA is looking to engage 25,200 young people this year under its Youth Summer Employment Programme. This is a significant increase over the approximately 6,000 persons who were employed in 2016. In an interview with JIS News, Senior Director for Community Services, Youth Services Division, HEART Trust/NTA, Rayharna Wright, explained that with the merger of the National Youth...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)
Youth

Child Month Message by Hon. Floyd Green

This year, I wish to emphasize the importance of ensuring that the commitments made by the Government, Local and International organizations, community members and individuals to Jamaica’s children are extended to a group of children who are often forgotten or overlooked: those deprived of their liberty – children who are victims of child abuse. These children are all OUR CHILDREN....
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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with (from 2nd left) Pastor, Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Astor Carlyle; Human and Mission Resources Manager, United Church in Jamaica and Grand Cayman, Janet McConnell; and Child Development Agency Chief Executive Officer, Rosalee Gage-Grey, during a child abuse forum on Thursday, May 11. The forum was hosted at the church on Half-Way Tree Road in St. Andrew.
InformationYouth

Committee Eager To Complete Deliberations On Revision Of Penalties

Parliament’s Joint Select Committee reviewing the Child Care and Protection, Sexual Offences, and Offences against the Person Acts is eager to wrap up its deliberations on the revision of penalties. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says while no timeline has been set for the conclusion of the Committee’s work, which started in 2014, the members...
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Youth

Communities Encouraged to be Proactive in Protecting Children

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...
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Youth

Parent Outreach Event Slated for Clarendon

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...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Principal of the Best Care Special Education School, Autense France (left), during a tour of the institution in Kingston, on May 4. At centre is Chairman of the Best Care Foundation.
Youth

Best Care Special Education School Could be Expanded

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,  toured the Best Care Special Education School in Kingston on May 4, to explore the possibility of expanding the school to accommodate more children with intellectual disabilities. Senator Reid told JIS News that the activity is part of a larger thrust by the Government to create a clear policy...
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