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Did you know:

• Heart disease is the #1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. That’s approximately one woman every minute!
• According to the WHO, up at least 80% of all heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes could be prevented by lifestyle changes

is a global initiative by the American Heart Association and World Heart Federation focusing on women and making a strong call on them to be aware of their health. Locally, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica is celebrating ‘Go Red for Women’ during the week May 5 – 10, 2019.

We are asking all staff members to wear red to work tomorrow – Friday, May 10, 2019 in support of Wear Red Day. Please take a group photograph and include CPFSA branding. Kindly submit same to Carolyn Johnson as these will be sent to the Heart Foundation of Jamaica for publication on their social media platforms to show support for the initiative.

Remember! You can lower your risk of heart disease by:

• Eating healthy
• Being physically active
• Maintaining a healthy weight
• Limiting alcohol
• Quitting smoking
• Managing diabetes
• Managing stress
• Getting regular health screening

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) commemorates Child Month 2019 with more than 60 planned island wide activities, under the theme “Encourage, Enable, Include Me!”

This year the Agency is placing an even greater emphasis on child protection and family empowerment by staging activities geared at impacting children, families, and communities. In keeping with the Child Month theme, several of these activities will be targeted to children with special needs.

Our aim is to additionally use this period to strengthen our child protection campaign, #EveryChildDeservesProtection, with emphasis on child protection strategies, anti-bullying mechanisms as well as promoting alternatives to corporal punishment.

The planned activities include: Community Sessions, Anti-Bullying School Tour & Murals, Empowerment Workshops for Adolescents, Child Management Day, Education Week, Missing Children Awareness, Child Protection Outreach initiatives in schools, Parenting Sessions, and Street Children intervention, among others.

We thank you for your support so far, and ask that we continue to be ambassadors of the child protection message. Please also support  as many of the Agency’s Child Month activities as possible.

Please click the image below for activities planned for May 2019.