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UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative, Olga Isaza (left) and Digicel Chief Marketing Officer, Tari Lovell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to assist in amplifying the voices of young people
Press release
29 August 2023
Digicel and UNICEF give voice to Jamaicaā€™s young people
Danielle with the FunDoo focus group
Blog post
14 July 2023
Becoming a U-Report project manager after joining at school
Danielle is now managing the launch of U-Report's FunDoo digital life coach
Sihle Atkinson
Blog post
22 March 2022
U-Reporter names chatline service ā€œU-Matterā€
Sihle Atkinson is the U-Reporter who suggested the name ā€œU-Matterā€, voted by U-Reporters as the name for U-Reportā€™s mental health chatline service.
Photograph of Damoie Byfield, aged 16, at a community centre where he receives mentoring under the UNICEF/Peace Management Initiative (PMI) Behavioural Mentorship Programme, near to his home in Kingston, Jamaica.
Blog post
21 December 2020
Mentorship helps schoolboy escape violence
From school suspensions to running for his life, how mentorship is now helping Damoie, 16, realise his potential in life.
Kenard Swaby, National Secondary Studentsā€™ Council (NSSC)
Blog post
07 October 2020
My formula to coping in COVID-19 as a student
From being the kind of student who is always on point at school, in COVID-19 I was struggling even to remember words to form paragraphs.
Jada Browne National Secondary Studentsā€™ Council (NSSC)
Blog post
06 October 2020
This pandemic made me a mother to my little sisters
Balancing helping my family with trying to reach university
Keneisha Henry National Secondary Studentsā€™ Council (NSSC)
Blog post
06 October 2020
Now more than ever, students are desperate to be heard
Students who experienced learning in COVID-19 could be who the Education Transformation Commission needs to help plan for the future.
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Blog post
05 October 2020
A back-to-school like no other
Student mental health struggles in COVID-19
Photograph of Shaneille Hall from the CPFSA Children's Advisory Panel
Blog post
26 July 2019
Being in state care made me stronger
I feel good in myself when I can sit down and listen to someone who has a similar experience to me being in state care.
Jerome Palmer a mentor for youth in correctional facilities, photographed at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona were he is enrolled as a student.
Blog post
23 July 2019
From ā€˜badā€™ student to a leader and mentor
I was raised in West Kingston. Growing up where I did, I soon realised as a child that you got more support being deviant than being good.