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Agreement with JCPD to modernise social protection system

UNICEF extends partnership to improve quality of life for persons with disabilities

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22 May 2023
Flow, UNICEF renew partnership supporting youth development
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Dear adults, let's learn about mental health together

14-year-old student Keino King on why mental health needs to be a school subject

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Spreading joy in schools

Return to Happiness programme aids teachers and students with their mental wellbeing to help boost learning recovery

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22 April 2023

UNICEF Climate Action Advocates plant and distribute 200 trees to mark Earth Day

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Climate change is damaging my football dream

Young UNICEF Climate Action Advocate Jaeden, 10, explains how he and his fellow students are feeling the impact of drought

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Evaluation of the Child Protection System in Jamaica

This evaluation is the first comprehensive attempt to gather and analyse evidence about the application of the Jamaican Child Protection System aiming to im

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Get in the MICS, 2022

One of the largest sources of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on children and women, worldwide.

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Hurricane Dorian Bahamas
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Climate action and resilience

Promoting urgent and participatory climate action, sustainable development and enhancing the resilience and participation of children.

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Feliesha an Eve for Life client with her children
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Survive and thrive

For every Jamaican child to get the best possible start to life

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Rhyim Roach walks 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.
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Social policy

Inclusive and shock-responsive social protection systems and services to free children from poverty.

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Photograph of one schoolgirl and two schoolboys
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Education

Jamaica’s children have lost an estimated 1.3 billion in-class hours due to COVID-19 school closures.

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In Jamaica, too many children do not have this protection. Their lives are being stained by violence – often at the hands of people they love and trust.
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Child protection

Preventing and responding to all forms of violence against Jamaican children remains a major priority for UNICEF.

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