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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), greets Chairman, Child Development Agency (CDA), Children’s Advisory Panel, Charles Young (left), before the start of the two-day Caribbean Child Research Conference held in November 2012, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Making the introduction is Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Brian Meeks.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (right), greets Chairman, Child Development Agency (CDA), Children’s Advisory Panel, Charles Young (left), before the start of the two-day Caribbean Child Research Conference held in November 2012, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Making the introduction is Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Brian Meeks.

Children’s Advisory Panel Making an Impact

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, March 29, 2014
The latest project of the Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), “Plant- a-Tree” is bearing fruit. CAP’s 17-year-old Chairman, Charles Young, describes the project as the Panel’s “biggest accomplishment” since it was...
Children’s Officer at the CDA and social worker, Calesha Hylton, addresses a group of parents at a meeting held on March 20 by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), at St. George’s College, North Street, Kingston.

Removal of Children Last Resort – CDA Officer

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, March 24, 2014
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Award Selection Committee, Mr. Ohene Blake, speaking about the awards to be handed out in April, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held on March 19, at the agency’s head office on Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston.

PM’S Youth Award for Excellence Set for April

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, March 20, 2014

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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna, addressing the Marketing Seminar organised by final year students at the University of Technology School of Business Administration on February 26.
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
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