IN THE KNOW GRADUATION

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Earlier this week,  the Office of the Prime Minister's Gender and Child Affairs Ministry hosted a graduation ceremony for its 'In the Know – On the Go' programme. Minister with responsibility for Gender and Child Affairs, Ayanna Webster-Roy, sought to encourage those present not to given up on their efforts in child protection. Here's more.

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00:00I had meetings in Tobago before I came here so I had to run out of meetings

00:06with the AG, get to the airport, and I was just all over. And when the girls

00:11sang something, Jude sang, my heart became...

00:20And then when they started doing the performance using sign language, it

00:25reminded me why I get up every day and I fight again for children. Thank you all

00:32so much. The series, which focused on child abuse awareness and prevention, was

00:37hosted in various constituencies across Trinidad and Tobago. Minister Webster-Roy

00:42expressed gratitude to her parliamentary colleagues who supported the

00:46initiative. I mean we were all around the table and it was in that meeting with us

00:51and we were all around the table talking about how we could find creative ways to

00:57address issues faced by non-nation's children. And Dr. Ragbir and his team, you all

01:04came on board and you were the first. You all supported us throughout this entire

01:09process and I thank you sincerely. I think this coming together of

01:16parliamentarians and constituency staff and stakeholders from all sides

01:22signals to Trinidad and Tobago that we are sowing good seeds and I'm happy. Even

01:29though I'm crying, I'm genuinely happy and I'm pleased because it shows that we

01:35could do it. It shows that if we put aside our differences and really stay

01:41focused on the task at hand, which is to save and to protect and to nurture our most

01:47vulnerable citizens. Member of Parliament Dinesh Ramboli echoed the sentiments of

01:52the minister, stressing the importance of protecting the future generation.

01:58Safeguarding children is not just a moral obligation, it is a collective

02:03responsibility and it requires all of us to be vigilant, informed and

02:08compassionate by investing in training and improving our approaches. We are not

02:13just protecting children, we are laying the foundation for a brighter, more

02:18resilient future for our nation. Minister in the Ministry of National Security Keith

02:23Scotland urged parents to ensure that their homes are a safe place for

02:27children. We all come from homes and I want to suggest to us in beginning this

02:34journey, make your home a safe haven for all our children. That is something that

02:42we can achieve on our own without any outside help. Once we start to make our

02:49homes safe for our children, that is a major step in being in the know, on the

02:58go and then we can branch off into other areas where we can now influence others

03:05to do what we are doing in our household.

03:09Akshaya Goldstein, TV6 News.

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