NPSC gets helping hand from NCB
THE National Parenting Support Commission’s (NPSC) initiatives have been bolstered by a $5-million sponsorship from the National Commercial Bank (NCB), in cash and kind over the next two years.
The sponsorship will also be utilised to assist NPSC with its activities for Parent Month, which is being observed in November, under the theme: ‘Transforming Families Through Communication Awareness Resources’.
A slew of activities have been planned towards parental support and the betterment of families.
“We are proud and pleased to partner on these initiatives. NCB’s role is advancing the national agenda and the national cause. As financial partners, we have a vested interest as the national bank of Jamaica, because when you have sound citizens you have a better cadre of persons to lend [money] to,” NCB’s Manager for Group Corporate Communications, Belinda Williams, said at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Williams said that NCB understands the complexity of the need to change behaviour.
Meanwhile, executive director of the NPSC, Dr Patrece Charles, said that the commission is grateful for the support from NCB and other stakeholders.
According to Dr Charles, the NPSC’s main mandate is to streamline and coordinate all the parenting organisations in Jamaica.
“We work closely with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s PATH programme and family courts, so that we can find a way to make parents more responsible in looking after their children,” she explained. She noted that strategic activities aimed at behaviour change, have been planned for Parent Month.
The month-long observation will culminate with the National Parent Teachers Association of Jamaica Conference and Expo, to be held at Jamaica College on Saturday, November 30.