FWCF is a youth-led NGO promoting social justice for Jamaican children & youth since 2019 #FiWePickney 🖤💚💛
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Explore our website for updates on current initiatives, child rights legislation, case law, policy papers, youth programmes and press releases. fiwechildren.org/?v=2
We are not looking for tokenistic engagement or acknowledgements; we want meaningful dialogue, genuine collaboration and a seat at the table where decisions affecting children and young people are made.
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Our Help a Child Learn (HaCL) programme pairs volunteer tutors with students aged 9–18 across Jamaica, online or in person, for PEP, CSEC and CAPE.
Applications are open year-round.
👉🏾 Apply today at fiwechildren.org/programmes.
Jamaica’s main investigative body for child sexual abuse (CISOCA) is facing serious capacity gaps that threaten its ability to provide every child with a safe, confidential and specialised response.
Read FWCF’s Policy Report at fiwechildren.org/CISOCA.
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Fi We Children Foundation calls for assessment and repairs of leaking classrooms at Cornwall College
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The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is seeking an Executive Director. Applicant must be 24-29.
Apply by visiting our website fiwechildren.org/vacancies.
Sign the letter. Make your voice heard. Help shape a safer digital future for children and young people in Jamaica.
Click the link in our bio or visit fiwechildren.org/sign to sign today.
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Determined to shake off accusations of political bias and being an organisation that exists mainly to criticise the Government, Fi We Children Foundation is insisting that its criticism of government decisions is driven by its commitment to protecting children’s rights and holding those in power accountable.
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Your phone is an advocacy tool. As Gen Z advocates, use it to engage respectfully with public officials and drive evidence-based advocacy.
It really is that simple: informed voices can influence change.
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The UN is accepting applications for the 2026 Young Professionals Programme (YPP).
The YPP is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals to start a career with the UN.
More about the programme and eligibility requirements: careers.un.org/ypp?language=…
Kemar's story is an illustration, but children in Jamaica are being used by gangs to hold and carry guns.
Fair sentencing weighs the facts of each case, not just the charge.
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Here is the civil society shadow report to the UN Human Rights Committee reviewing Jamaica’s list of prior recommendations made in 2016. The state submitted its own report. Civil society provided responses and recommendations based on data and experiences of our target groups.
Don’t take our word for it, or anyone else’s. Read the full report for yourself: tr.ee/51XbPE
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There’s no UN “case” against Jamaica. The UN Human Rights Committee is carrying out a routine review of Jamaica’s human rights record. Both the Government and civil society submitted reports. That’s how the process works.
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Rights Groups JFJ and FWCF Welcome NSC Proposed Firearms Act Amendments
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The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica is raising concern over the announcement of a proposed increase in the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession to 20 years.
Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/… #GLNRToday
Meet Envi Kid, our new environmental book for children ages 6–15! Explore the book and read or download your copy at fiwechildren.org.
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What does resilience, recovery and relief look like after Hurricane Melissa?
A few stakeholders got a sneak peek at our upcoming EU-funded report, “#HigherGround: Lessons from Hurricane Melissa for Resilience, Recovery, and Relief” during our roundtable review. Here’s what they had to say!
Join us on Wednesday, October 28, for the official report launch in partnership with the St. James Municipal Coperation.
🔗 RSVP now: capri-higherground.eventbrit…
#CAPRICaribbean #HurricaneMelissa #Resilience #Recovery @EUinJamaica @StJMCorporation
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Take a look inside the new Child and Adolescent Wellness Centre at the Junction Health Centre, St. Elizabeth.Â
Bright, calm and designed with young people in mind, it is the first centre of its kind in the Southern Region. It offers assessment, counselling, psychiatric care and family support for children and adolescents from birth to 18, closer to home.
#HHRP #DoYourShare #MentalHealth
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HIV in Jamaica: what’s fact, what’s fear, and who’s still being left out of care?
Jaevion Nelson [@jaevionn] of @UNAIDSCaribbean joins us tomorrow on #LetsTalkJustice, 1 to 2 p.m. on Nationwide 90FM. đź“»
