The EDUCATION Minister of Jamaica Ruel Reid and our Founder Nathaniel Peat, will be among the speakers confirmed for the second staging of the International Safeguarding Children Conference, scheduled for May 5 and 6 in Kingston, Jamaica.
The education minister will give the main address at the conference on May 5, at Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies, Mona. The minister and Peat join British High Commissioner David Fitton and local and overseas-based specialists in child welfare and youth services who have been confirmed for the conference, which is being held under the theme Safeguarding, Education, Training and Development.
Dubbed “The Quality of Life Conference with a Difference”, the conference is organised by the UK-based social work company One Step Forward Consultancy in collaboration with the Victoria Climbie Foundation (UK) and the British High Commission.