Caribbean Mentoring Month
Making a difference for our youth…Archive for Caribbean
CMM is also on hi5!
As we seek to reach young persons with positive role models and messages, Caribbean Mentoring Month (CMM) committee has now set up an account on another social networking site.
This week we graced the pages of hi5 with our presence and look forward to connecting with hundreds of young persons from all over the Caribbean who visit the popular Internet site on a weekly basis.
So if you are on hi5, please look us up and become our friend! Our page is here.
As it is new, we still need to add content to the page but that will be done in the coming weeks as we draw closer to Caribbean Mentoring Day on Tuesday 20th April, 2010.
CMM is on Facebook
Facebook has a new Group Page promoting mentoring of young persons. It is none other than Caribbean Mentoring Month (CMM) Page!
For those of you on FB, please join us by visiting the link here.
The page is still under construction so look out for all the new information to be added as we draw closer to Caribbean Mentoring Month in April 2010.
Please mark your calendars and reserve the date for Caribbean Mentoring Day – Tuesday 20th April, 2010! Lots of fun and action in store for all at City Hall, Port of Spain from 9am to 3pm.
Meet CURB
Caribbean Umbrella Body for Restorative Behaviour (CURB) is the first and only Caribbean network of non-profit associations working to assist and support criminal offenders, ex-offenders, crime survivors, correctional officers and their respective families.
CURB is also involved in bringing to fruition the Turning of the Hearts (TOTH) Programme - a restorative model of aftercare which provides effective support for crime survivors, prisoners and ex-prisoners and their families.
In comparison with other strategies utilised worldwide for offender re-integration, mentoring offenders has been proven successful.
Studies in the UK and the USA have shown the positive impact that getting a mentor involved with an offender can have, in terms of reduction of offending, lowering of risk, and improving pro-social attitudes and behaviour.
CURB is therefore committed to encouraging the use of mentors with young and adult offenders as a means of helping to reduce offending. As part of this initiative, we provide a comprehensive mentoring programme for young offenders at the Youth Training Centre.
This Being Somebody programme commences while the young persons are detained and continues “beyond the gate” for a period of two years to guarantee their safe reintegration into free society.
For further information, please visit our website or contact us at info@curbcrime.org.
Committee formed to promote Mentoring in the Caribbean
In November, 2009 a group of individuals representing non-profit organisations engaged in mentoring young persons in Trinidad and Tobago began to hold discussions towards having an annual observance of Mentoring Month in the Caribbean.
The organisations represented on this new committee include The Mentoring Centre of Trinidad and Tobago, The Heroes Foundation (host of Big Brother Big Sister Trinidad and Tobago), Anointed Sons International and Caribbean Umbrella Body for Restorative Behaviour (CURB).
A decision was taken to host Caribbean Mentoring Month (CMM) in the month of April every year commencing in 2010.
