Regional forum to focus on early childhood care, development

Early childhood care and development will be explored from all angles at a four-day regional forum now ongoing in St Vincent and the Grenadines, a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said.

The forum, which began on Sunday and runs until Thursday, is organised by the CARICOM Secretariat, in partnership with the Caribbean Child Support Initiative (CCSI), and with support from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the Commonwealth Secretariat, Parenting Partners Caribbean and the University of the West Indies (UWI).

According to the release, the primary objective is to identify practical strategies to support the development of the most vulnerable children in the zero to