Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna has charged children in State care to rise above their current situations and be agents of change for a better Jamaica. […]
Children Encouraged to be Agents of Change
CDA Unveils Bullying Study Findings
The first ever national study on bullying, commissioned by the Child Development Agency, has found that 60-65 percent of students have been bullied at some time in their lives. The […]
Children Tackle Bullying, Violence
Bullying or peer abuse is a disturbing phenomenon in Jamaica and globally. Members of the Child Development Agency’s (CDA) Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) will tackle this and other issues such […]
CDA’s National Children’s Summit Set for August 25
The Jamaica Conference Centre will come alive on Tuesday August 25 with the second staging of the Child Development Agency’s National Children’s Summit. The event which will see over 700 […]
Invitation to Bid – St. Augustine Place of Safety – Multipurpose Building
ST. AUGUSTINE PLACE OF SAFETY – MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING Invitation to Bid – (CDA-2015-07) The Child Development Agency invites bids from Tax Compliant Companies registered with the National Contracts Commission (NCC) to […]
Clarendon Parents Sharpen their Parenting Skills
With communities in Clarendon being identified by child advocates as hotspots for child abuse, some 54 parents in the community of Kilsyth located in the north of the parish benefited […]
Mental Health Services for Children in State Care Strengthened
Mental health service for wards of the State is being strengthened with the official opening of the Eunice Scott-Shaw Counselling Centre at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny yesterday […]
Child Protection Committee Sensitises St. Catherine Children
Over 200 children drawn from primary schools across the parish of St. Catherine recently converged on the Old Harbour Church of God of Prophecy Conference Centre for a child abuse […]
Bamboo River, Morant Bay Targeted for Sensitisation Walk
As part of its ongoing drive to prevent abuse and promote child protection, a team from the Child Development Agency (CDA) conducted a sensitisation walkthrough in two more St. Thomas […]
Clarendon Families Benefit from CDA Community Series
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA) Rosalee Gage-Grey has issued a strong appeal to persons to stop the abuse and violence against the nation’s children, declaring, “Enough […]