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Photograph of Christopher Harper

My life journey to protect Jamaican children and youth

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In 2017, a 17-year-old student named Mickolle Moulton was murdered. The outrage was intense, and the pain was profound. Her family, friends, teachers and those who wished to pay their respects gathered for a candlelight vigil in her honour. Despite the general atmosphere of sadness, the vigil was one that celebrated her life,… Read more →←
Photograph of Suhina Minocha and children at the Albion Primary School in Manchester.

What makes a school in Jamaica child-friendly?

Lifelong learning

By Suhina Minocha

Walking through the school gates, I am met with an abundance of yellow. Bright yellow walls decorated with colourful murals, yellow uniforms on children running back to class as a teacher calls out to them. The vibrant sunshine adds to the yellow glow everywhere, and I already feel warm  inside. Suddenly, a small yellow-uniformed blur… Read more →←
Photograph of Jamaican youth advocate Charles Young Jnr at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

Schools should be safe places to learn

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Imagine having a friend who goes home to an environment where they are constantly shot at (with actual guns and bullets), sometimes the bullets hit, other times they do not. An environment where they are also exposed to physical violence, because it’s necessary to alter their behavior in a ‘more acceptable fashion’. An environment… Read more →←
Photograph of Children having fun and learning at the same time with Edusport by Fight for Peace in Parade Gardens, Kingston.

More Jamaican children learning the fun way with Edusport

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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 →←
Photo of Tavoy Miller representing Fight for Peace and Jamaica in Chile at a recently held youth conference.

At seventeen, living my best life teaching other youths

Safety and justice

By Tavoy Miller

When I was younger, I was always on the road getting into trouble and my parents getting complaints. To be honest, when I joined Fight for Peace in 2017 it was because I wanted to fight. But boxing has allowed me to see something else: that I actually have something inside me, some potential. Being at Fight for Peace, winning fights and… Read more →←
Photo of Cameron Campbell representing the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), and Tavoy Miller, Fight for Peace attending the First Regional Dialogue of Latin America and the Caribbean ‘On the Road to Equality’: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, held in Santiago Chile, November 27-29, 2018.

From being expelled to representing Jamaica abroad

Safety and justice

By Cameron Campbell

Being kicked out of school, sitting at home with nothing to do, showed me the importance of education. I was going through a rough patch. I had issues at home, self-esteem issues, and having no one to talk to about my stress made it worse. After I was expelled I spoke with the guidance counsellor and was hopeful about showing that I… Read more →←
Photograph of Rhyim Roach walking to school at Holy Family Primary in Parade Gardens, Kingston, a school supported by UNICEF partner Fight for Peace. He has since graduated and entered high school.

Back to school after losing a parent to violence

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It was the summer before Rhyim Roach’s final year of primary school. What was supposed to be Rhyim’s last long vacation holiday, including a country trip to go fishing with his father before the stressful GSAT exams, suddenly became anything but peaceful. A thoughtful boy, the shooting death of his father is ever-present in his… Read more →←
Photograph of Christopher Harper meeting students at Camperdown High School in Kingston during a series of school tours by Talk Up Yout/UNICEF to support the launch of U-Report in Jamaica on May 22, 2017.

Young nation builder Chris Harper: it is my duty to be there for young people

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I saw a sign recently that read: “If you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” 2018 has definitely been my year of getting things done. I launched U-Report in Jamaica, was awarded a Chevening scholarship to pursue my Masters of Law in Human Rights Law, and am now the proud… Read more →←
Photograph of Cheyenne Lester, Fight for Peace Social Worker for the community of Parade Gardens in Kingston

See me through my eyes, and not my disability

Lifelong learning

By Cheyenne Lester

I like what just happened. When you looked at me and started talking, you saw me the person first, and not my disability. It helps, because growing up as a child, persons would see what the challenge is, and not how to fix it. I am visually impaired, and mostly it’s people who affect my life – the challenges and the limitations they… Read more →←
Photograph of Charles Young, a Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly, ran a Youth Talk at St. Richard’s Primary in Kingston to hear their solutions to #ENDviolence in schools.

Primary students can teach us how to make schools safer

Lifelong learning

By Charles Young

Charles Young is a Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly. He is travelling to South Africa this week to participate in the drafting of an #ENDviolence Youth Manifesto, along with hundreds of other young people from across the world. The Manifesto is the result of a global effort by UNICEF, conducted between July-November,… Read more →←

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