Called to Lead Jamaica

Accessibility is key! We heard you and we listened. Stay up to date with us and follow us on our social media platforms.

Please check out ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS HERE:
https://linktr.ee/calledtoleadja

There is a Linktree in our biography which provides clickable links for all our social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Website, E-mail & Sign up links.

We have revamped to allow ease of access, information right at your finger tips!

🐝

Posted • 10K USD to contribute to citizen safety & security their way? Absolutely! Meet 'Called To Lead' who are excited about the 1.5 Million + JMD awarded to their group to build out a safety & security intervention in their community. What would you do to make YOUR community safer if you had 10,000USD? .ymop .un .jm

has been selected 🎊
🐝

Posted • ANNOUNCING: The Top Ten Youth Groups who were selected from a field of 70 applicants to innovate & lead safety & security solutions in crime hotspots in Jamaica. SWIPE LEFT FOR THE FULL LIST AND TAG A FRIEND. Congrats to the groups who are now being mentored in incubators by + other experts. They were announced on Smile Jamaica and CVM at Sunrise this morning by Team UNDP's Stacy Ann Tomlinson Knox, Davoreen Gaynor and Alicia Bowen McCulskie.

1. I-SEEED (I-Social, Educational, Entrepreneurial, Environmental Development")
2. Youth Inspiring Positive Change Ja. Ltd. (YIPCJA (Positive ORG)
3. BULLY PROOF KIDS INTERNATIONAL (BPKI)
4. National Police Youth Club Council Of Jamaica (NPYCCJ)
5. Total Health Services
6. Norwood Community Development Benevolent Society(NCDCBS)
7. The Every Mikkle Foundation
8. Called to Lead Jamaica
9. LifeYard & Jahmeyka Project
10. Young Women/Men of Purpose (YWOP/YMOP)
.ymop

Called to Lead Jamaica is the recipient of a USD10,000 grant from the United Nations Development Program through its Amplifying Youth Voices and Action Project. The funding is given to youth groups whose thematic focus concern safety and security.

We will be running an intervention project targeting 50-75 students in the Downtown Kingston and past mentees in our program. This also includes students who have been absent during the 2020-2021 academic year. It will involve a combination of weekly mentoring sessions held on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm, educational trips, school beautification projects and the awarding of financial assistance to the mentees so they can resume school in September 2021.

Olympics Games Lessons Tokyo 2020 🤽🏾🏃🏾‍♂️

Called to Lead Jamaica reflects on the Olympics Games and in doing so we share the lessons we have learnt, hoping it will inspire civic pride among us all.

says we are

There are so many journeys you embark on and your beliefs, spirits and hopes are with you. The more you run with others, the world moves with you. Your journey does not have to be a lonely one and you do not have to leave the world behind. &

Olympics Games Lessons Tokyo 2020 🤽🏾🏃🏾‍♂️

Called to Lead Jamaica reflects on the Olympics Games and in doing so we share the lessons we have learnt, hoping it will inspire civic pride among us all.

Today we discuss the strength of a woman, HER resilience, HER strength, and HER dominance in her endeavors whether on the track or off the track. 🏃🏾‍♀️

These women dominate the track and continue clearing and removing barriers. These women are an inspiration to us all, and shows us that neither motherhood, pregnancy, athletics and mental injuries can hold them back.

& as we cheer these women on in their endeavors.

Olympics Games Lessons Tokyo 2020 🤽🏾🏃🏾‍♂️

Called to Lead Jamaica reflects on the Olympics Games and in doing so we share the lessons we have learnt, hoping it will inspire us all.

In the last few weeks, we have seen mental health in the spotlight for new reasons. Sport has woken up to the pressure and mental fatigue some of the world's greatest sports women and men are facing.

Not only is it inspiring to see people who are in the media day in day out, openly and honestly talk about their mental health, but it's encouraging to see how (most of) the media and supporters are reacting to it. While we still have a long way to go to truly break the stigma and accept mental health, in the same manner, we accept physical health, we are definitely seeing a change in attitude.

These 3 sporting heroes and role models, will have inspired a huge amount of people who are facing their own demons. Everyone and anyone can and will face mental health challenges, no matter who you are. We are all humans and we are never alone.

Thank you to Simone, Naomi and Ben for listening to your body and mind, and acknowledging you need a break. It will have an immeasurable impact on those facing mental health challenges.

Remember to always stay masked up even when having fun and volunteering. The pandemic is not yet over, so Called to Lead Jamaica encourages everyone to display personal responsibility and adhere to all social distancing protocols.

Meet Benjamin Fraser!⁠⁠
⁠⁠
Called to Lead Jamaica is my fight against crime and violence. Every mentoring relationship that is built that forms a bridge for positive values has the potential to dent the criminal recruitment systems in our vulnerable communities. Every mindset that we help to positively mould, is one less Gleaner article about a murder or late night news report about a shooting.⁠⁠
⁠⁠
The investment of time, love and guidance we make in the lives of our peers may save our own lives.

______________________________________
⁠ $ayva

Meet Ruth-Ann!

I am so happy to be part of this initiative that is being done by Called to Lead and grateful for the sponsorship from the UNDP. My hope is that the students we come in contact with during this time, will be positively impacted and through the lessons they learn from us, they will be able to make a difference in the spaces they are part of.

"Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can."
Quote by John Wesley