The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is hosting the following events to mark Child Month during May. This notice also contains events which will be hosted by partner agencies throughout the month: Sunday, 2 – Opening Child Month Church Service/Child Month Awardees Recognition, Red Bay Church of God Holiness, 11 am Monday, 3 […]
Cayman: Child Month swings into action with C.A.P.E
April 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
CAYMAN ISLANDS (GIS) – May’s Child Month will celebrate the importance of childhood across the Cayman Islands with diverse events to empower youth and children. The Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) theme for this year’s observance is My C.A.P.E – Challenges are Passable for Everyone. The theme reminds children and adults that while circumstances […]
May is Child Month
May 14, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is hosting and partnering in the following Child Month events/contests and radio appearances this May: ▪ TikTok Contest (ongoing) – Children/families to submit photos/or other TikTok relevant images by Wednesday, 20 May ▪ Sunday, 17 May – Child Month Opening Church Service, Agape Family Worship Centre, 10 am – view at Agape Online Campus: https://agapeky.online.church/ at […]
The Editor speaks: May is Child Month
April 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
There are many themes set for Child Month throughout the world. Here , in the Cayman Islands, it is “Be Strong! Be Brave! Be You!” The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is organising a host of interactive events that start on Friday May 3rd and continue to Saturday 1st June. You can view […]
Cayman Islands: Youth Poetry finalists delve into social realism
May 10, 2018 by 1 Comment
UCCI student wins local poetry slam competition. Winning finalists have an opportunity to perform in June’s Talent X-Position of the Arts. Competition is one of several events celebrating Child Month. GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Lauren Williams of the University College of the Cayman Islands has won this year’s Creative Frame of Mind in Love Poetry […]
Child Month Church Service
May 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Cayman Islands Child Month Church Service & Child Month Award GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) Child Month 2018 observances, themed “Rise Up and A.f.f.i.r.m” (Acknowledge, Friend, Favour, Influence, Respect, and Motivate our children), began with a church service at Church of God Chapel, Walkers Road, George Town on […]
iNews Briefs & Community Events
May 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
NOTE: See also Community Events listed in DATE ORDER below Cayman Islands: Witness Appeal: Fatal Accident in North Side, 29 April From RCIPS Traffic officers are interested in speaking with anyone who may have witnessed the fatal traffic collision which occurred in North Side on Sunday, 29 April (see previous release), involving a Honda […]
YouthFlex hosts Poetry Slam Final this May
April 29, 2018 by Leave a Comment
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Def jams and monster slams will be showcased to listeners when the New Self Help Community Foundation’s Poetry Slam Final airs soon on Radio Cayman. The Youth Services Unit (YSU), which coordinates the weekly YouthFlex radio show, will host the finale of the lyrical competition on Wednesday, 2 May from 4 […]
Cayman Islands: Child Month’s Sister Islands’ Reading Day a success
May 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Well-known residents took to the class rooms of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman to read to young students, on Monday, 1 May 2017. The Celebrity Reading Day, which kicked off this year’s Child Month, took place at West End Primary as well as the Creek and Spot Bay Infant and Junior Schools, the Cayman Brac […]
Cayman Islands Child Month Logo Competition
May 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Aspiring young graphic designers, ages four-to-18 years old, are invited to enter the Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS) Child Month Logo Competition. The contest running now through to Friday, 19 May 2017 is being held to promote the Child Safeguarding Campaign to be used within the Cayman Islands. According to the rules, all […]
