Empowering the Revival Community in Jamaica in safeguarding their heritage
This Participation Programme project is aimed at sensitizing people in communities across Jamaica and the Diaspora in respecting and safeguarding the Revival Heritage. Seminars on Empowering Revival Communities Seminars and presentation of the Book “Revivalism: representing an Afro-Jamaican identity” were held 22 March – St James Parish Library, Montego Bay 23 […]
YAR: ZoSo in Denham Town
Peace-building through research resulted in the approval of a research proposal on the ZoSo in Denham Town. Team Government, comprising of lead researchers Odane Brooks, Cesone Clemmings, Lori-Ann Willis, Anicia Francis, Ockera Moulton, and Raniel Thompson research focuses on the crime-fighting and community building strategy Zones of Special Operations that […]
Update to Build Resilience of Caribbean SIDS to Disasters and Climate Change: Development of a National Strategy and Plan of Action for Disaster Resilience and Recovery in Jamaica’s Culture Sector
Completed are: Case Study Joint assessment with Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) of the collection storage areas at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, the Institute of Jamaica (focus on the National Gallery of Jamaica, National Museums Jamaica and the Natural History Museum […]
Update of Capacity building in Climate Change Resilience of the Portland Bight
With this UNESCO Participation Project C-CAM has/is training and certification for community members and staff in CPR/First Aid, fire safety and food handling. Diving (PADI certified) – 4 persons Food handling – 15 persons Fire Safety monitors – 13 persons CPR & First Aid – 12 persons a social media expert to […]
Talk Up Yout Roundtable, 25 Nov
The final exercise for the project was a Webinar/Roundtable, 25 November 2021 that was hosted by Empress Golding who also gave Opening Remarks. At the end of this project a COVID kit is to be developed to be shared with wider youth audience, to include youth development stakeholders.
Addressing the Gap of Gender-based Violence, update
Restorative Justice Officers were assigned to each parish and has started mobilizing participants from St. Mary, Kingston & St.
Talking Revivalism
Talking Revivalism our Heritage, Thursday, 14 October , 2021 on Power 106 (106.1 FM) – 2:00-5:00pm It created a space for practitioners, researchers and academics to focus on Revivalism and sparked interest across the Diaspora including Canada, Cayman Islands and the UK.
Build Resilience of Caribbean SIDS: Virtual Consultations
Dates for the initial virtual consultations: September 1, 2021 – Orientation with Andrea Richards-Cummins, UNESCO September 2, 2021 – Culture Agencies and Repositories (Public sector) o Institute of Jamaica (African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica-Jamaica Memory Bank, Natural History Museum, National Museums Jamaica, Junior Centre, Jamaica Music Museum, Liberty Hall – The […]
REFOCUS Perpetrators Programme (RPP) Train the Trainers Workshop
REFOCUS Perpetrators Programme (RPP) Train the Trainers Workshop, August 19-21, 2021 Hanover. The Bureau of Gender Affairs hosted this three-day residential workshop to train selected Justice Officers in the Ministry of Justice under the REFOCUS Perpetrators Programme that is part of the project “Addressing the gap of gender based violence” […]
Evaluating Jamaica’s Cultural and Creative Industries
Main activities Conduct a survey to update the mapping of the CCIs, establish a database and identify challenges and opportunities of the sectors. Organize Knowledge Transfer Workshops (KTW) to strengthen the capacities of public entities such as Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).