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Charles Young, Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly
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A Jamaican mother-in-law with her two children
Press release
12/07/2020
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
Bob Marley One Love UNICEF
Press release
09/07/2020
Marley family to ‘reimagine’ Bob Marley’s One Love in support of UNICEF
Re-recording of iconic anthem will support UNICEF’s Reimagine campaign, a global fundraising appeal to respond, recover and reimagine a post-COVID-19 world fit for children.
UNICEF U-Report poll on COVID-19 - One third of Jamaican youth believe they are not at risk
Press release
25/06/2020
UNICEF U-Report poll on COVID-19: One third of Jamaican youth believe they are not at risk
Alexander Causwell, Advisor/Consultant in the Office of the Minister of National Security; Ella Ghartey Policy Director and We Transform Programme Manager;  Mariko Kagoshima, Country Representative, UNICEF Jamaica; Lieutenant Colonel. (Retired) Gary Rowe, Commissioner of Corrections; Claudeth Hamilton, Director of Juvenile Services and Dexter Thompson External Alliance Specialist.
Press release
29/05/2020
DCS receives $1 million from UNICEF Jamaica for COVID-19 Response
Protecting children in juvenile institutions
Rosalee Gage-Grey, CEO of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), and Mariko Kagoshima, Country Representative of UNICEF at an official handover of JMD $2.4 million worth of sanitation and hygiene supplies to help protect nearly 1,700 children in 50 residential care facilities against COVID-19.
Press release
18/05/2020
UNICEF donates supplies to children’s homes for COVID-19
Sanitation and hygiene supplies to help help protect nearly 1,700 children
Lingokids Playlearning
Press release
29/04/2020
Three months of free access to an English learning platform for children
Lingokids and UNICEF grant free access to an educational app in English during confinement
Photograph of a Father and daughter at Little World Early Childhood Development Centre in May Pen, Clarendon
Press release
07/04/2020
NPSC launches parent support helplines amid COVID-19 crisis
UNICEF supporting service to offer much needed psychosocial care to parents across Jamaica
Photograph of workers from the Early Childhood Commission and Food for the Poor packing the learning kits.
Press release
01/04/2020
ECC, UNICEF and partners provide learning kits for children in communities affected by quarantine
Play therapy is a proven strategy to help provide relief and support mental health
A Jamaican mother-in-law with her two children
Press release
21/02/2020
UNICEF alarmed by escalating violence against children and women
Recent spike in incidents
On 11 September, TJ Hickson, 5, stands outdoors near a partially destroyed brick building, in South Hill District, on the island of Anguilla – which was hard hit during Hurricane Irma.
Press release
10/12/2019
As impact of climate crisis worsens, Caribbean islands see six-fold increase in estimated number of children displaced by storms, new UNICEF report shows
Spike in displacement could be new norm as climate change predicted to cause more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the region
Children attending a UNICEF #ENDviolence Townhall in the parish of Clarendon.
Press release
17/11/2019
In historic first, children to address parliament on violence
Calling for more action on the eve of World Children's Day
Photograph of Sheila, 25, a participant in an EVE for Life workshop
Press release
11/11/2019
Health Ministry, UNICEF reach more than 1,500 youth with suicide prevention tips
Latest U-Report collaboration with Jamaican government