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Caribbean Youth Fellowship II Programme
The Caribbean Youth Fellowship, funded by the International Republican Institute (IRI), is designed to empower and prepare young leaders for effective leadership roles. The 16-week programme focused on key areas such as policy development and advocacy, governance structures and analysis, and community engagement initiatives. The unique approach included facilitated seminars, workshops, guided discussions, learning-by-doing creative activities, field trips, and awareness campaigns/public debates.
The project's main objectives were to:
- Equip youth with the hard and soft skills to be effective leaders and implement community engagement/initiatives.
- Enable youth to develop and start implementing community engagement initiatives or “action plans” per country around the thematic topics.
- Facilitate teamwork to build sense of innovation, creativity and synergy.
R.E.A.L. M.E.
The R.E.A.L. M.E. Project focused on improving the psycho-social environment of youth aged 13 to 18 years old. We addressed this through facilitated arts and culture workshops aimed at providing skills and critical knowledge related to wellness and well being. The Art and Culture Youth Club sessions used guided discussions, interactive activities, art, music, drama and dance to teach aspects of wellness and well being, outlined in the R.E.A.L. M.E. acronym, specifically
- Relational health;
- Emotional health;
- Attitudes;
- Lifestyle;
- Mental health and
- Economic/education.
Our hope is that these skills and knowledge learned throughout the project can be used in multiple life domains and could, in tandem with appropriate follow up and complementary interventions, have a long-term impact on the youths.
The project was funded by grants from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) for Waterford High School and the United States Embassy in Kingston for Papine High School, each involving around 30 students.
Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC)
The Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) was a three year exit-readiness programme that included life skills training, job skills training, mentoring and the creation of a safe and appropriate transitional living facility. The project was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and was being implemented by the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), The UWI Global Campus under a partnership with the Child Development Agency (CDA), and in collaboration with the Social Work Training and Research Centre (SWTRC), The UWI Global Campus and the University Project Management Office.
