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Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities Executive Director, Christine Hendricks watches UNICEF Country Representative, Olga Isaza shakes hands with JCPD Chairman, Colin Ebanks, over an agreement signed between the two organisations in Kingston on Wednesday May 24, 2023. At right is UNICEF Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, and acting Deputy Representative, Donneth Edmondson.
Press release
25 May 2023
UNICEF and JCPD sign agreement to modernise social protection system
Two organisations extend partnership to improve quality of life for persons with disabilities
The Hope Valley Experimental School's playground and UNICEF’s ADT platform are breaking down barriers for children with mixed abilities.
Campaign
09 March 2023
Children with disabilities
Every child has the right to live in an inclusive world.
Ari and his classmates at the Danny Williams School for the Deaf in Kingston
Blog post
05 January 2023
New tech turns child with disability into his own teacher
After a full day of school, as soon as six-year-old Ari gets home he wants to share what he has learned with his grandmother.
photo of Shemoya
Blog post
05 January 2023
How a Jamaican girl with disabilities thrives
Born with cerebral palsy, Shemoya, aged 11, can learn by using a new digital textbook on her tablet.
Director and Principal of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Antonica Gunter-Gayle together with students at the Early Stimulation Centre in Kingston.
Press release
02 December 2022
Families face "Triple Threat" in caring for children with disabilities – UNICEF report
Research on the socio-economic impacts of disability on children and their access to social safety nets being released for Disability Awareness Week 2022
Caring for Children with Disabilities: Managing the Triple Threat to Families
Report
02 December 2022
Caring for Children with Disabilities
Companion to the full “Socio-economic Impact of Disability on Children and Access to Safety Nets’’ UNICEF report.

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Early Stimulation Plus student
Report
02 December 2022
Children with disabilities and safety nets
Based upon survey of families of children with disabilities

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English (PDF, 15 MB)
Special Olympics Jamaica athlete Kadian Ingleton
Page
09 December 2020
Special Olympics infographics
Developed to help their athletes stay healthy during COVID-19
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.
Blog post
08 December 2020
Checking-in with children with disabilities
We wanted to learn from children with special needs about how they're progressing using tablets donated by 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
05 December 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