CDA kicks of child protection campaign in Trench Town

The Child Development Agency (CDA) is taking its message of personal responsibility for child care and protection across the island.

The agency launched the first of its public meetings and exhibitions on July 3 at the Trench Town Multi-Purpose Centre in South St. Andrew under the theme: ‘Every Child is My Child’.

Chief Executive Officer of the CDA, Carla Francis-Edie, stated that the agency wanted to send a strong message that each person must take personal responsibility to care for and protect the nation’s children.

The evening’s programme saw strong cultural performances, including a poem in honour of ‘Jamaica 50’ by Kino Burrell of Trench Town Primary.

There were also displays from the OCR, the Child Labour Unit of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Office of the Children’s Advocate, CDA, and the Centre for the Investigation for Sexual Offence and Child Abuse (CISOCA).

Other meetings will be held in Manchester, St. James, St. Catherine, Westmoreland, and Kingston and St. Andrew.