Tagged: education

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

Safety and justice

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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

Lifelong learning

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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 →←
Photo of a schoolboy posing against the wall of Hazard Primary School in Clarendon carrying a road safety message for the X Marks The Spot campaign

Hazard Primary taking the danger out of children’s journey to school

Lifelong learning

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Educator Heather Lyn drives past Hazard Primary School in Clarendon twice daily, a routine that has been the same for many years. But the other night she felt something different as her car drove over something. “BOOM!” “BOOM!” This was no accident. She’d driven over the brand new rumble strips installed as part of the ‘X… Read more →←
Effortville Primary School

Effortville Primary: a safe haven, and a place for STARS

Lifelong learning

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Usually when I arrive at school, there are about five or six students who are waiting for me at my office door. Oftentimes they start unloading even before I open up. Most times my breakfast is left uneaten. Effortville Primary is their safe haven; the place where they can enjoy their childhood without fear. After traumatic events of the… Read more →←
positive behaviour in schools SWPBIS jamaica

Helping students to focus on values, not violence

Lifelong learning

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One of the first arrests in the St. James State of Emergency was a 15-year-old boy. He was arrested in connection with several murders and shootings. Ten years ago, he would have been just five years old. Back then, his photo would not have been a mugshot, but perhaps a cherubic child in primary school uniform. Sadly, it is likely that… Read more →←

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