Mock Instruments of Appointment have been given to 21 children ranging from age 9 to 15, across the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis declaring them as Child Ambassadors. They are:
Aavion Zakers
Aiden Benjamin
Aj’ani Laville
Ajernée Hodge
Akilah Douglas
Aldreth Clarke
Destiny Jacobs
Dezaniah Prentice
Elijah France
Emijah Maynard
Jeronique France
Jessie King
Keilencia Walwyn
Kianique Clarke
Kyran Henderickson
Lenirah Christopher
Ria Seecharran
Shaqoyjè Isles
Skylah Edmeade
Zahir Williams
Za’Nai Watson
This group of children join other children in Barbados as well as Antigua and Barbuda as part of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Child Rights Ambassadors Programme launched in the Eastern Caribbean this year. They will advocate for their fellow peers informing government policies and other initiatives.
Meantime – Ms. Azilla Clarke, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Development in St. Kitts, spoke on how the evaluation process would be done to inform policies that will benefit children:
