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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott, New Kingston, on May 1, to officially launch a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat and Facebook for the recovery of missing children in Jamaica.

Facebook Users to Receive Ananda Alerts

Starting Monday (May 1) Ananda Alerts will be delivered to Facebook users in Jamaica. This is under a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat in the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) and the online social media and social networking...

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Children with Autism to Show off Talent at Concert

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

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

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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...

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

9 years ago National Security and PeaceYouth

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

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....

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...

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

9 years ago Youth

Two Buses for Children in State Care

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will be providing two new 15-seater minivans to meet the transportation needs of children in State care in the southern and western regions of the island. State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and information, Hon. Floyd Green, made the announcement during his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the...

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...