Finding My Voice
To empower and engage with school-aged children, teachers, guidance counsellors, parents and community members through community based human rights education focusing on the prevention of child sexual abuse and training in human rights awareness.
Project Objectives
Human Rights
Increase awareness of human rights, while enabling access to improved treatment and quality of life
sexual abuse
Reduce incidences of child sexual abuse in Jamaica
engage stakeholders
Engage with students, parents, teachers, and guidance counsellors using interactive and innovative methodologies to empower them with knowledge
Creation of finding my voice toolkit
Creation of Finding My Voice toolkit for the prevention of sexual abuse against children containing music with lessons plans for each song
Main Components of Project
Amongst other things the Finding My Voice project includes
Classroom interventions
Facilitators teach students using 21st Century Techniques.
General assembly sensitization
Weekly presentations in General Assembly in 20 high schools
Parenting workshops
Monthly parenting workshops in 20 communities.
Guidance counselor and teacher training
Annual Summer Camp Training Guidance Counselors.
Trainer of trainers
Training Trainers in 21st Century Education Techniques.
Grant Funding
Grant funding for CSOs working with marginalized women.
Counselling
Counselling for children on sexual abuse.
Who We Are. What We Do
This project has extended its reach to include schools for children living with disabilities, with funding from the Digicel Foundation, to provide sexual abuse prevention training intervention
What People Say About Us
Collaborating Stakeholders
