CDA raps rights group for report on children's home
October 24, 2006
THE Child Development Agency (CDA) yesterday criticised rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) for suggesting that government was doing little to improve the condition in the island's children's homes.
Dr Carolyn Gomes, executive director of JFJ, told the Inter American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), in a recent report that the human rights group was deeply concerned that two years after the Keating Report the government's efforts to change the situation for children within the children's homes have resulted in little more than administrative review. She said that there was a need to urgently better the lives of the children under the state's care.
"JFJ believes that the main issue is to bring about real change and improvement in the quality of life for these children. The various problems that still plague these homes are manifestations of a deeper problem of negligence to the concerns of these children. It is imperative that the recommendations offered in this report be established and enacted for the main goal of securing a better future for the children of Jamaica," JFJ told the IACHR....
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
