A.F.F.I.R.M ME!

The  Jessie Ripoll Primary PTA  endorses the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) appeals for citizens to provide a supportive and positive environment for the nation’s children. Child Month 2018 is being observed under the theme: "A.F.F.I.R.M Me!" 

A.F.F.I.R.M is an acronym for “Acknowledge me, (Be) Friend Me, Favour Me, Influence Me positively, Respect Me, and Motivate Me” and emerged out of calls by children for adults to recognize and validate their worth.
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Chairman of the NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings who spoke at the launch of Child Month on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at Grace Kennedy's Head office stated that "We must, therefore, use the God-given opportunity afforded to us to shape the lives of our young ones through our words and actions.

Words are powerful and actions are just as potent, and what we sow today, what we speak over them helps to shape their destiny and, by extension, the destiny of this nation.”  she added.

Additionally, the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), will be partnering with the Jamaica Fire Brigade in its campaign ‘Jamaica’s Future is on Fire… Mek Wi Fix It’, which aims to get children to acknowledge fire safety practices and extend these to friends and families.