Eve for Life launched its campaign “Nuh Guh Deh” on November 26. Here are some more comments made by Mr. Greig Smith, who is Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry. If you know or come across any case where you believe a child is being abused, contact the number below. It is entirely confidential. Full details on how to report (via email, online, phone, fax or in person) can be found here: http://www.ocr.gov.jm/All%20About%20Reporting.html
Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning….
I am honoured as Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry to be sharing in this occasion with Eve for Life at the launch of the organization’s “Nuh Guh Deh” Community Chat. The title is a fitting one for the issue of intergenerational sex, which is the subject matter to be targeted in these chats and I would like to commend Eve for Life for the initiative. Sex with young girls who are still children and cannot give consent for indulging in such acts has become the norm for too many members of the Jamaican society. It is time for all well-thinking adults and children alike to take a stand and say NO to adults who are preying on our young, vulnerable girls for sex.
Too many risk factors often go unnoticed because many of us are dependent on a man for the provision of financial support. Too many of us turn a blind eye to the abuse being meted out to our children in exchange for a few dollars, often earned and spent for the wrong reasons. It is time to speak out, to act – to take a stand and report child abuse by calling the OCR at 1-888- PROTECT, that’s 1-888-776-8328.
Ladies and gentlemen, preliminary data for the period January to August indicate that we have received over 2, 300 reports of sexual abuse affecting children. This is the sad reality that our youngest and arguably our most vulnerable citizens face. Let’s do our part to end the cycle of abuse. Let’s making the reporting of child abuse everybody’s business! You can make a difference if you decide to break the silence – speak out and report child abuse.
Big man! Big woman! Leave de pickney dem alone! Nuh Guh Deh!
Thank You.
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