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Charles Young, Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly
Partners in the ongoing Resilient Schools Programme, Kivette Silvera (left), Executive Director, Food For the Poor; Mariko Kagoshima (second left), UNICEF Country Representative; and and Yanique Forbes-Patrick (right), Vice-President, Communications and Corporate Affairs, Scotiabank, are photographed with Fayval Williams, Minister of Education, Youth and Information (third left) and Grade 6 student Teona Dietrich during the handover of handwashing stations to Port Henderson Primary School in Portmore, St C
Press release
02/19/2021
Scotiabank, UNICEF and Food for the Poor partner to boost school safety
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities support a safe return to school
Juvenile centres receive J$1.9 million technological support from UNICEF
Press release
01/20/2021
Juvenile centres receive J$1.9 million technological support from UNICEF
Follows earlier donation of nebulizers for asthmatic children and personal protective equipment
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck and UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative Mariko Kagoshima signing a document to increase support for the national child diversion programme.
Press release
12/10/2020
Child diversion programme receives $10m boost from UNICEF
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.
Press release
12/05/2020
UNICEF and Ministry of Education, Youth & Information host online check-in for children with special needs
534 Children receiving tablets from UNICEF to help mark International Day for People with Disabilities
Series of consultations by UNICEF and NSSC begins on World Children’s Day, November 20
Press release
11/20/2020
UNICEF & NSSC engage students to ‘Reimagine Education’
Series of consultations begins on World Children’s Day, November 20
Minister of Labour & Social Security, Karl Samuda, (right) and Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative (left) sign $40m grant funding partnership agreement to boost PATH Programme.
Press release
10/29/2020
PATH Gets Big Boost From UNICEF
$40m to support most vulnerable families cope with the impact of COVID-19.
The Private Sector Organisation Of Jamaica (PSOJ) in partnership with UNICEF and the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the launch of a National Child Helpline. Seated from left are: Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative; Diahann Gordon Harrison, Children’s Advocate and Greta Bogues, Interim CEO, PSOJ. Looking on are, from left, Ytske van Winden, International Child Protection Consultant, UNICEF; Latoya Minott-Hall, Public Education and Special
Press release
10/27/2020
PSOJ partner with OCA, UNICEF to launch children's helpline
Providing a safe space for persons aged under-18 affected by COVID-19
Nurse demonstrates to a mother how to correctly hold and breastfeed her newborn daughter
Press release
09/11/2020
Exclusive breastfeeding in COVID-19 still baby's healthiest start in life
First vaccine, best source of nutrition, and bolsters brain development
Kayon Haughton and her son Dontree aged 2 in their community of Parade Gardens in Kingston.
Press release
09/08/2020
UNICEF study reveals impact of COVID-19 challenges on children and families in Jamaica
Representative survey of just over 500 households with children gathered between June and August
These children were among those in Annotto Bay and Dover, St. Mary to receive educational kits in the latest distribution for young children in previously quarantined communities to help them keep learning at home during COVID-19 pandemic.
Press release
07/24/2020
FFP partners with UNICEF to donate 1,100 educational kits to children
Helping small children keep learning at home in communities previously quarantined due to COVID-19
One Love Album Artwork Bob Marley UNICEF Jamaica COVID0-19
Press release
07/17/2020
Marley family releases reimagined One Love single worldwide in support of UNICEF
Marley family releases reimagined One Love single worldwide in support of UNICEF
A Jamaican mother-in-law with her two children
Press release
07/12/2020
As summer begins, children’s agencies appeal for efforts to prevent child abuse
CPFSA, OCA and UNICEF concerned Jamaican children now face greater risk of all forms of abuse