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Pickney Project

The initial phase of Pickney Project was a collaboration between Help & Shelter and Everychild Guyana to improve the lives of children using a community based approach. This phase was completed in March 2010 The first phase of the project is in Sophia You can read the baseline survey here Through a rights based approach the Pickney Project will – 1) Provide psychosocial support and for children who have been abused or are at risk 

2) Develop parenting skills education workshops to transfer skills about non-violent parenting. 

3) Ensure that the needs of children with disabilities are considered in all activities 

4) Collaborate with government, non-governmental agencies, community leaders and religious leaders to share 

5) information and knowledge, strengthen referrals, monitor school attendance through the Ministry of Education Welfare Department and develop initiatives to resolve issues of child abuse. 

Project Goal Statement 

To improve the lives of children experiencing violence and abuse and other vulnerable children at risk in Georgetown, Sophia, Good Hope and Region 9 by promoting the safety and protection of children. (UNCRC article 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 16 and 19) 

Project Objectives 1) Increased awareness of child protection with parents, caregivers and the general community through community based and public education by 2011 2) Worked with the Guyana Police Force to ensure that police are responding to reports of child abuse in a professional manner which ensures that victims are not further exposed to abuse by March 2011 3) Health Care Providers and teachers’ capacity built to detect and intervene in child abuse by March 2010 4) Increased access to psycho-social support including child friendly counselling and court support for children abused and at risk by 2011 5) Facilitated a network of organisations – faith based, community based, youth groups, government and non-government - who would work to support child protection and rights News reports of the Launch are available from Stabroek News 22 Sep, 2008 
Guyana Times 22 Sept, 2008 Guyana Times report of the first workshop Stabroek News Report of Round table held on 26 March, 2009 


The flyers and Project Reports are available for download and distribution here

Parenting (92.92 KB)
Nutrition (702.14 KB)
Self Esteem (103 KB)
Project Matrix (147.5 KB)