“I’ve seen a lot of students participating in class more; coming to school on a regular basis; less fights…Students are coming to school because they have something to achieve at Albert Town High School!” – Daniel Foster, student. In 2014, Albert Town joined a 56-school pilot of the School Wide Positive Behaviour Intervention… Read more →←
Author: Ross Sheil
“Calm down! Calm down! Remember what I told you: control!” yells Fight for Peace trainer Bali Khuman, as a smiling 12-year-old rains down excess energy on the boxing pads at a session in downtown Kingston. If the name ‘Fight for Peace’ sounds like a contradiction in terms, that’s because it is. The idea is based upon the… Read more →←
This was no normal match. Some of the footballing skill might have impressed another team that UNICEF works with, Barcelona FC. Played on the same day as the recent El Classico against Real Madrid, on Saturday, December 3, the physicality of the shown by the players was equally robust, but this game had a unique significance. Excelsior… Read more →←
This year on Sunday, November 20, UNICEF marks the 70th anniversary of our work for children. To mark the occasion writers all over the world, including in Jamaica, were asked to each pen a Tiny Story on the theme ‘what I want for every child’. Local children’s author and Fight for Peace country manager, Kellie Magnus, reached out… Read more →←
If you’ve never seen floor hockey, and most of us haven’t, then maybe it takes some explaining. It’s played fast on hard ground, with sticks, but with a felt puck – the puck being the only thing that’s soft. It’s Youth Month, and since UNICEF supports Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ), we visited training on a hot Saturday… Read more →←
The UNICEF Jamaica team is proud to have been involved in some pioneering sport for development projects, such as EduSport, which helps children improve key life skills while learning basic numeracy and literacy. The recently launched local arm of Fight For Peace, is a positive example of how to use martial arts to develop personal… Read more →←
UNICEF UK: Many thousands of children are in danger as Hurricane Matthew races towards the Caribbean. The hurricane is due to hit the densely populated islands of Cuba and Jamaica. Unicef is on full alert and has activated its disaster plans for children. Matthew is currently a Category Four hurricane and is expected to hit the… Read more →←
Young author-illustrator-artist Kerron Clarke spent her childhood trying to cope with the experience of sexual abuse. Kerron is one of thousands who deal with harrowing sexual abuse. More than 1 in 5 Jamaican girls report forced sex. In many cases, the perpetrators aren’t strangers lurking in the dark – they are trusted family… Read more →←
In an increasingly connected world, children are more vulnerable to online abuse – from sexual predators to cyber-bullying. In Unspoken, one of three films made for the #KeepChildrenSafe series, Director Kurt Wright portrays a disturbing trick – a young victim who is lured by social media into a job interview and ends up being… Read more →←
KINGSTON, April 28, 2016 – It is an uncommon day for the Jamaican families who are gathered in a room in the city centre. They are here to answer a raft of questions about their children who live with disabilities. The workshop in Jamaica is the last in a series of cognitive testing exercises already conducted in India and the United… Read more →←
