Tagged: Jamaica

Photograph of Jamaican youth advocate Charles Young Jnr at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

Schools should be safe places to learn

Safety and justice

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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 Rushell Gray an Eve for Life Mentor Mom who helps the organisation protect and rebuild the lives of girls who have been victims of sexual violence. Rushell was raped by her stepfather at the age of 9.

Not every aunt or uncle has good intentions for your child

Health promotion

By Joy Crawford

Working in child protection, one of the things that concerns me most are the messages that we give our children about safety and particularly, who is safe to be around. In Jamaica we have the “stranger danger” phenomenon where young children are taught that it is strangers that you need to be wary of.  Yet, we need to open up a… Read more →←
Photograph of Dwight Walters and his daughter Hailey-Kay.

Jamaican Super Dad: Early Moments Matter!

Lifelong learning

By Dwight Walters

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 →←
Photograph of Terri-Karelle Reid and daughter Naima-Kourtnae

Bathroom conversations: how we found my child’s safe space, and you can too

Lifelong learning

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Some of you might have seen where I posted this video about me and my daughter talking about Good touch, bad touch. We are in the bathroom and the camera is on me while me and Naima-Kourtnae, aged 7, are talking. What you do not see is that I am sitting on her old potty, something which we have been doing for years. This time is a safe… Read more →←
Photograph of Girls Who Know Ja President Chelsea Wright (right) together with vice-presidents Antonette Hines (left) and (Kari Buchanan)

Chelsea Wright’s cause greater than her

Health promotion

By Chelsea Wright

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 →←
Photograph of Minister of Health & Wellness Christopher Tufton (in beige vest) and health workers examining a potential mosquito-breeding site.

How U-Report helped the Ministry of Health respond to dengue

Health promotion

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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 →←
Photograph of Kingston College head boy, Chad Rattray, standing on the spot outside his school where he was robbed, an incident which inspired him to form Students Safety on the Streets Initiative (SOS). End violence against children

KC head boy’s mission to end violence against students

Safety and justice

By Chad Rattray

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 →←
Photograph of Fight for Peace coach Akino Lindsay in Parade Gardens, downtown Kingston.

World champ coaching for a cause

Safety and justice

By Akino Lindsay

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, 13, photographed in Parade Gardens, Kingston where is a participant in the Unity and Peace (UP) programme run by UNICEF partner Fight for Peace

A story of winning, despite loss

Safety and justice

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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 →←
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

Lifelong learning

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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 →←

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