UNICEF Jamaica

Olga Isaza, Representative, UNICEF Jamaica (left); Dennis Zulu, UN Resident Coordinator; and Brian Bogart, Representative and Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP) were on site at the Kingston Freeport Terminal today to oversee the offloading of critical supplies, reinforcing their commitment to supporting children and families in the hardest hit parishes in southwestern Jamaica. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on October 28 and caused severe disruption of essential services.

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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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Climate action and resilience

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

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Survive and thrive

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

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Social policy

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

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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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Child protection

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

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Keino King, aged 10, addresses an #ENDviolence Townhall in Clarendon.