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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), reads to students of St. Richard’s Primary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in recognition of Read Across Jamaica Day.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), reads to students of St. Richard’s Primary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in recognition of Read Across Jamaica Day.

Major Focus on the Safety of Children in 2013

In 2013, the Ministry of Youth and Culture pursued several initiatives to address the issue of child safety and to reduce and prevent child abuse. Chief among them was the strengthening of the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Office...
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.

Children’s Registry to Open Westmoreland Parish Office
Chairman of the Board of the Washington based non-profit organization, Embracing Orphans, Carl Robanske, which has donated a house in Reading, Montego Bay, to the Child Development Agency (CDA) for use as a transition home for female wards of the state preparing to exit state care, as he address the official opening ceremony for the facility named "My Father
Chairman of the Board of the Washington based non-profit organization, Embracing Orphans, Carl Robanske, which has donated a house in Reading, Montego Bay, to the Child Development Agency (CDA) for use as a transition home for female wards of the state preparing to exit state care, as he address the official opening ceremony for the facility named "My Father's House".

CDA Opens Transition House in Montego Bay
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey addresses the official opening of a transition house for female wards of the state, My Father
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey addresses the official opening of a transition house for female wards of the state, My Father's House, located in Reading, St. James.

CDA to Increase Responsiveness
Principal Director of the National Spatial Data Management Division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environmment and Climate Change, Rohan Richards (right), speaks with a participant during the recently held GIS Technical Seminar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Mr. Richards says the division has been working with the Office of the Children’s Registry to see how utilsing the GIS technology can help with enhancing the Ananda Alert Missing Children Recovery Programme.
Principal Director of the National Spatial Data Management Division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environmment and Climate Change, Rohan Richards (right), speaks with a participant during the recently held GIS Technical Seminar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Mr. Richards says the division has been working with the Office of the Children’s Registry to see how utilsing the GIS technology can help with enhancing the Ananda Alert Missing Children Recovery Programme.

Ministry Wants More Professionals to Use GIS

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OCR Does Study Tour to Improve Service Delivery

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) recently concluded a study tour in Toronto, Canada, aimed at improving its service delivery in dealing with reports of missing and abused children. “Some benefits expected to be derived from the tour include developing protocols and strategies for dealing with missing children, and strengthening public education activities in dealing with missing and abused...
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Youth

Pictures of Missing Children on Electronic Billboards

Pictures of missing children and their contacts can be seen on electronic billboards placed at strategic locations across the island, as part of the Ananda Alert System. Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith, told JIS News that the system designed to ensure the speedy and safe recovery of a child in the unfortunate event that he...
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
Youth

OCR Moves to Encourage More Reporting of Child Abuse

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) will be intensifying its public education thrust in order to encourage more citizens to report cases of child abuse. The move is in keeping with recommendations coming out of a recent baseline study conducted by the agency, through United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), geared towards ascertaining the current views, knowledge, practices and behaviour...
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Youth participants in the KingstOOn animation conference and film festival held recently at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies (UWI).
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Youths Welcome Animation Industry

As Government makes further investment in training and pushes to develop the local animation industry, several experts in the field and many talented youths in western Jamaica are expressing optimism at the country’s ability to establish itself as a major brand and earn a profitable share of the lucrative market. In welcoming the government’s support, animator, Maurice Brown, says for...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (centre), along with Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Panama in Jamaica, Erick Cajar Grimas (4th left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. Vivian Brown (5th right), with members of a youth delegation that will visit Panama from September 24 to 28 to participate in the Fourth Panama World Trade and Investment Foundation ‘Youth Ambassadors Programme’.
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Industry State Minister Leads Youth Delegation to Panama

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, is leading a youth delegation to Panama from September 24 to 28 to participate in the Fourth Panama World Trade and Investment Foundation ‘Youth Ambassadors Programme’. Eight young persons from the Corporate Area and Montego Bay will participate in activities and seminars on business and...
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Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley (left), along with Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Robert Ready (2nd left); Chief Executive Officer, Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Winsome Wilkins (2nd right); and LIME Foundation Chairman, Errol Miller, view the championship trophy, one of several prizes up for grabs at this year’s renewal of the CVSS Summer Games, during the event’s launch at the National Volunteer Centre, Camp Road, Kingston, on Thursday, June 20.
Social SecurityVision 2030Youth

More Than 1,000 Socially Challenged Young People to Take Part in Summer Games

More than 1,000 young people from communities islandwide, deemed socially challenged and vulnerable to crime and violence, will participate in this year’s 21st staging of the Council of Voluntary Services Social Services (CVSS) summer games on July 13. The games, to be held at the Mona Bowl, University of the West Indies (UWI), target young people aged 10 to 25...
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GG Urges Youth Participation in Policy Decisions

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is underscoring the importance of youth participation in developing policy decisions and actions impacting them. Addressing Junior Achievement Jamaica's Champions for Youth Awards Banquet, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (May 30), the Governor-General, noted private and public sector leaders' recognition of the need for investment in youth...
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