Back to Basics toddlers’ reading programme launched in all 10 regions

─ to benefit more than 100 health facilities

Caregivers in early childhood foundation training

Some 90 Early Childhood caregivers in Georgetown, Berbice and Linden, for the first time are taking part in an Early Childhood Foundation training to improve their skills to better nurture the nation’s children.

ChildlinK urges open discussions between parents and children -As part of measures to prevent child sex abuse

Open discussions on sexual abuse can play an essential role in preventing such incidents from occurring. This is according to a report prepared by ChildLinK Guyana.

CPA’s toddlers’ reading programme taken to Kwakwani and Ituni

─ aim is to encourage parents to read to their children

─ bookshelf handed over to Kwakwani and Ituni health centres

Foster parents, caretakers equipped with necessary tools

Childcare and Protection Agency hosts workshop

A workshop, aimed at equipping new and prospective foster parents with the knowledge and tools essential to foster care, was hosted today.

The two-day exercise which is being held at the Regency Hotel is an initiative of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) as it continues to uphold its mandate to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable children.

Over half of Berbice daycare centres now licensed

The first group of Early Childhood/Day Care centres was officially licensed by the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) in East Berbice-Corentyne district on Monday.