For me being involved in my daughter’s life from the start is an amazing role which all fathers should want to take part in. The early days are very critical for me because by being there she can feel a sense of security and confidence in exploring her surroundings, and as a dad I learn from these experiences. She enjoys being around… Read more →←
Girls Who Know Ja came from being in school where sexual and reproductive health was something to be tiptoed around and could not be openly discussed in class. As an adolescent, there is such a short list of people who you can go for information and an even shorter list for safe and reliable information. What is being taught in schools… Read more →←
If someone had asked me six months ago about the fastest way to reach young people in Jamaica, I would probably have said Instagram. If you asked me today, I would likely say U-Report (provided by UNICEF), albeit with the caveat that it depends on your needs. As we pulled together our communication strategy and action plan for dengue at… Read more →←
I was robbed, right here on the corner of my school Kingston College about two years ago. There is a security camera on the same road as the school, and one time it caught two students being robbed. The video also captured cars just driving by. Nobody stopped to help. Back then, it seemed like every day a student was being robbed or… Read more →←
A year ago today I was discharged from the hospital where I had spent the past month. Yet I did not feel much better than when I entered. I did not believe in myself, my happiness, or my own self-worth. Yet somehow I found my superpower, the ability to take responsibility for my recovery – to make me work. Before, I had listened to… Read more →←
I coach at Fight for Peace teaching youths martial arts as a way to get them to exert some energy and aggression that might be pent up in them throughout the day. Taekwondo is my passion and even though at 24 I have now been a world champion four times, my real passion is for coaching. I lost my father to violence at age 5. So, for… Read more →←
Dwight Cooper, aged 13, does not say much. Instead he leads other children through his actions. Their eyes following his movements, the taekwondo class shadows him step-by-step. Whenever a student makes a mistake, it does not prompt admonishment from Dwight. Instead his style is to pause the session, walk over and demonstrate the correct… Read more →←
Smiling children are running left and right, bouncing off the walls inside a community centre in downtown Kingston, where energetic primary school students are enjoying ‘Edusport’, a games-based way of learning that is spreading across Jamaica. “This looks like it’s uncoordinated mayhem going on, but it’s not,” says their… Read more →←
My name is Courtney Greaves, I am eight years old and I want to be that voice for children who are voiceless. I like to listen to the news and if I hear something about a child I just get a piece of paper and write it down and put in a poem form and I will let my mother video it so I won’t forget it. The other day there was a girl… Read more →←
We have just arrived at a classroom in Denham Town, Kingston when an excited boy runs outside. Afew moments later he bolts back into the room, and soon after he is calmly leading a host of other young children in relaxation techniques. “Breathe deep!” he instructs, and everyone follows his lead – taking a long breath in and then… Read more →←
