KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna has received an interim report from the Child Development Agency (CDA) surrounding the circumstances under which the group Jamaicans for Justice implemented its unauthorised sexual education programme in six privately-operated children’s homes. Hanna had instructed the CDA, which has responsibility for the regulation of children’s homes and places of safety, to explain:
A. the circumstances which led to the programme being implemented for eight or nine months without the Agency’s knowledge;
B. the suitability of the material for the children.
The CDA found the following:
1. The training programme “Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health Responsibly: JFJ’s Pilot Intervention in Children’s Homes” was held in: The Alpha Boys Home; St. John Bosco; Jamaica National Children’s Home; Sunbeam Children’s Home for Boys; Elsie Bemand Home for Girls and Best Care Foundation.
2. The six facilities indicated that they were contacted directly by representatives of Jamaicans for Justice via telephone and later by email and letter.
3. The administrators of facilities gave approval to the JFJ for the implementation of the sexual education programme through MOUs.
4. It was confirmed that the six homes each received a monetary contribution from the JFJ for use of their premises for the training.
5. At no time did the administrators inform the CDA or the Minister, as required by the Child Care and Protection (Children’s Homes) Regulations, 2007.
Regulation 15(2) states:
“Where educational programmes are provided at the home, the licensee shall ensure that-
(a) those programmes are in accordance with a curriculum approved by the Minister;
(b) any substantial deviation from the approved curriculum is entered in the daily journal and a notification thereof is sent forthwith to the Minister;
(c) a copy of the timetable for each programme is conspicuously displayed at the home.
6.The operators of the six homes by sanctioning and giving approval for the training breached Regulation 15 (1) and 15 (2) of the Child Care and Protection (Children’s Home) Regulations, in not seeking approval from the Minister.
7. A review of the content of the material found that parts of the training material were inappropriate for the age cohort, and a departure from that approved by the Ministry of Education for use in public schools and legal advice will have to be sought to determine if its presentation contravened any existing laws. Information gleaned from the focus groups sessions in the homes confirmed that the training material was delivered.
8. The children received training in the areas relating to homosexuality and anal sex.
9. The training schedule was not noticeably displayed at the home in contravention of the regulations.
Hanna said she was “concerned about the breaches, particularly since the homes acknowledged that they did not advise the CDA about the programme although visited by monitoring officers of the CDA.”
Furthermore she stated that “the broader issue is that all should be aware, that the care and the protection of children extends to their education. The responsibility for deciding what children in care are exposed to rests with the relevant Ministries and their agencies, not the children’s homes and certainly not the JFJ.”
Hanna said she would take appropriate action after receiving the responses from the administrators of the homes.
Ms. Hanna, no disrespect tuh yuh, but di grave violation tooketh place already. Suh rather dan tretch out dis nastiness mek yuh nuh gwaan tek action until di responses slowly trickle een. Unno tek so dyam long fi pass dung justice suh till di perpetrators get weh more time. Tell mi someting, wah more yuh really need??
Hey Met, #s 3 & 4 is all that I needed to confirm that heads should a fly fi dis injustice.
Lisa Hanna fans prompting her up not on her political station but from her past station as a beauty contestant. Pretty looks an no work nah sey nothing. Instead a doing photo ops assignments she need fi go dung inna de trenches and inspect the homes and reevaluate the employees and contractors. Fire who fi get fire, carry who fi go a courthouse go a courthouse. She can do that in 6 months.
demonstration and road block prison time…
bribery fi bring booklets ina people home..she gi go hold 7 year under har bloodseed. ms chin/gomez u me a chat
Why JFLAG neva tek di money go rent place put dem homeless buggery offenders?
Dwln…lol JFlag and JFJ should be housing dem of course. Afterall, Jamaicans for Justice is what JFJ sey them is about. But justice fi whooooooo?
Dem blindside de FOOLS by going on a JCF bandwagon alllllll de time a battisim dem all about.
Nu wrong post yu de pon? lolol Shouldn’t it be de Instagram ting Ma?
yes oo
met dem wicked doe…………..a chuuuuu d picney dem no ave nobady fi tlk fi dem ………………………..bwoy mi a tell u………dem haffi ketch d yound mine fi bring dem up inna dem foolishness
but 10,000 n book n pencil? No man is like JFJ tink dem run jamaica…when they are a non-profit organization..where dem getting di money fi promote these shit? mi vex suh tillllll
The JFJ is a medium for Jamaicans who have problems with the law etc..How did they get into this a dat mi wudda like smaddy bloodclaat tell mi
Dem need fi close dem down because if they had approval dem wudden go give di people dem money damn brite
from day 1 a dat mi a seh weh jfj a do inna sex education ………………look hw much programme Jamaica ave fi do dat ………………………gnomes fi deh a jail an strip of all r titles dem
Dem fi shut down the agency because it is a charity and charge them because they should have contacted the CDA and then the CDA approve and contact the homes..JFJ has never gone into anywhere directly like that..I know, I have worked with them..This is a direct and purposeful violation and dem need fi tek di law to dem n shut dem down
Also those homes know that the JFJ does not work like that but mi notice say JFJ stop tek up everybaddie cross and a run bare batteyman campaign eno
Whey day when di police shoot gi guy a orange villa…where was JFJ? a jflag alone dem work fah now?
but met it look like a long time Carolyn a do dem summen yah …………………dem home yah a violate long time
Yes because those same homes give nuff children to nuff big politician …I hope Lisa know what can a worm she opening
“pimpers paradise” dem a try run…but Jamaica a nu Taiwan or Bangkok a dat dem fi know.
PP all di boys home the politicians used to go there and bring out some a di boys so these homes are really the worst…no way u can have a home a run good and so much rape and ting a gwaan deh dem fi lock dem down
oh sure, fi de dutty diplomats and foreign friends too. That’s why hanna should a been more proactive. The head should have been the one to sign off the decision and not the foot or de middle a de organization/agency/ministry.
PP buy protocol was for them to have contacted her. They know this because that is how they work