Tagged: Jamaica

Papine High School teachers Keisha Edmondson and Joan Edwards-Taylor together with students Adriel Fraser, aged 14, and Amanda, aged

Papine High rises up against gender-based violence

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“Ever since I’ve left primary school I’ve been trying to work on my anger. I’m still working on it.” – Adriel Fraser, aged 14 Adriel is a student of Papine High School in St Andrew, which is surrounded by several community experiencing high rates of violent crime. Recently a 15-year-old student on his way to the school was… Read more →←

My childhood experience showed me how life-changing sports can be

Safety and justice

By Mark Cole

Growing up in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, we would play anything that involved competition: from hopscotch, jacks, marbles and racing handmade wooden trucks to more traditional sports like cricket, football, track and even bicycle racing down the lane. As the youngest, I always had to be playing catch up to my bigger, stronger, faster… Read more →←
Sihle Atkinson is the 25-year-old U-Reporter who suggested the name U-Matter, voted by U-Reporters as the name for U-Report's mental health chatline service, a collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Caribbean Child Development Centre at the UWI Open Campus. This is her story of overcoming and advice for others.

I am that happy person who also happens to have depression

Health promotion

By Sihle Atkinson

Sihle Atkinson is the 25-year-old U-Reporter who suggested the name U-Matter, voted by U-Reporters as the name for U-Report’s mental health chatline service, a collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Caribbean Child Development Centre at the UWI Open Campus. This is her story of overcoming and advice for… Read more →←

How to make each taxpayer dollar count more for children

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For anybody reading this who is a Jamaican taxpayer, your concern might be how those funds are spent and how they can achieve better outcomes for our children? In that case you might be happy to hear about something called Results-Based Budgeting (RBB), where ministries allocate resources on outcomes envisaged in the Government of… Read more →←
Photograph of Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation student Lithana Stanly, aged 16, together with her son Tajuan, photographed at the WCJF centre in Port Antonio, Portland. (Photo: Derma Virgo)

I’m a teen mom dreaming big for me and my baby

Safety and justice

By Lithana Stanly

Tajaun and his mother benefitted from a UNICEF-supported parenting programme operated by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, which is designed to help adolescent mothers feel more empowered and confident about themselves and the care, protection and support they give to their children. By investing in adolescent parents today,… Read more →←
Photograph of Damoie Byfield, age 17, together with his sister 'Chia' at home in the community of South Side, Kingston.

“COVID-19 mash up everything” – my life without school

Lifelong learning

By Damoie Byfield

The only thing I can do now is just babysit my sister since I’m not going to school. I don’t have anything else to do. I prefer to babysit her then go out on the road and be around bad company. She’s teaching me a lot. She’s smart – anything people say she’ll understand and tell you. She might not tell you clearly, but I… Read more →←
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Not a teacher, but doing what I can to help my family

Lifelong learning

By Jahkimea Bailey

When I realized that my sister’s children were struggling being out of school, I decided that when I have free time before and after work, I am going to help them with reading – so I started off doing phonics, with ‘th’ words and so on. I did my little research and found out what might be suitable for them and from there… Read more →←
Photograph of Gail Hoad, UNICEF Jamaica Comunication for Development Consultant together with her mother Blossom holding her COVID-19 vaccination certificate.

Vaccines work: Making sure to protect my mom against COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been easy for many Jamaican families, but we count our blessings. My mum got her second shot of the COVID vaccine on June 13. As a senior citizen she is among the most vulnerable, and COVID-19 literally put much of her life on hold. Seniors were told to stay home so I started doing her grocery shopping.… Read more →←
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams, United Nations Children’s Fund Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima, other officials and children greet each other during an online session held Thursday, December 3 in observance of the International Day for People with Disabilities. The meeting was held to check-in on some of the 534 special needs students who received tablets donated by UNICEF.

Checking-in with children with disabilities

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“Are you having a good time using your tablets?” “YES!!!” shouts a chorus of students. It’s the International day for persons with disabilities and Jamaica’s Portfolio Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams, is hosting a virtual check-in to learn from students with special needs, some… Read more →←

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