{"id":33109,"date":"2026-11-13T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=33109"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:36:15","slug":"child-welfare-task-force-to-submit-comprehensive-report-before-year-end-president-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/child-welfare-task-force-to-submit-comprehensive-report-before-year-end-president-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"Child welfare task force to submit comprehensive report before year-end \u2014 President Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Dr Irfaan Ali says the national child welfare task force is expected to submit a comprehensive report before the end of 2026, identifying gaps in existing child protection systems and recommending measures to strengthen the welfare and safety of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at today&#8217;s press conference, the President disclosed that he contacted Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on Thursday to obtain an update on the task force&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments came in response to a question about the recent death of a one-year-old boy at a daycare facility in Sophia, Georgetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ali explained that the task force is working in a coordinated manner, bringing together relevant government agencies to review existing legislation, policies and programmes aimed at protecting children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said particular attention is being paid to improving collaboration among agencies, identifying weaknesses in the current system and strengthening the connection between child protection services and the education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The task force is also engaging other stakeholders as part of its assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ali said, he has received assurances that a comprehensive report will be submitted before year-end, outlining the identified gaps, a proposed plan of action and recommendations for moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative forms part of government&#8217;s wider efforts to strengthen child protection and prevent incidents that place children at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Irfaan Ali says the national child welfare task force is expected to submit a comprehensive report before the end of 2026, identifying gaps in existing child protection systems&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[488,370,1354,412,405],"class_list":["post-33109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-national-child-welfare","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33111,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33109\/revisions\/33111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}