Five years later, he wrote, “We cannot allow Jamaica to enter the International Year of the Child suffocating its children expediently in cold concrete tombs for the sake of dollars that are so light-heartedly poured down the drain in so many areas of Government activity.”

The Child Development
Agency (CDA) is reporting that an increasing number of children who have been diagnosed with behavioural problems are being placed in the care of the state by Jamaican parents.

Scores of Jamaican children with learning disabilities are being left behind by an inadequate education system that spews out illiterates 26,000 at a time. The system not only fails to identify special-needs children, but expects them to compete without systematic intervention.

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On February 27, 2010 the Apalachin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will be holding a Caribbean Chicken and Fish dinner in aid of Voices for Haiti, Inc and Kira Cares, Inc, two organizations that cater to the plight of street children in Haiti and Jamaica. The Haiti initiative will support a classroom [...]

Simon Mais uses his talent as a videographer and director to document the project. Your skill can benefit so many.

Another poignant image captured by one of the children.

Participants in the pilot project took photos during a span of two weeks. Many captured murals like this, depicting sadness and despair. Others showed the beauty of nature and relationships in their environments.