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Upper Demerara-Berbice CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE Region Ten (10) Upper Demerara-Berbice Ministry of Communities Building cohesive, empowered and sustainable communities CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) 1 Upper Demerara-Berbice Published by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 72 Brickdam, Georgetown, Guyana. South America. www.unicef.org/guyana Unicef Guyana & Suriname UNICEF GUYANA & SURINAME United Nations Children’s Fund September 2017 2 CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) Table of Contents Regional Profile .............................. 4 Background ..................................... 5 Child Development ...................... 7 Child Protection ............................ 8 Water and Sanitation .................. 9 Vaccinations ................................ 10 Breastfeeding ............................. 11 Reproductive Health ............... 12 Education .................................... 13 Health ........................................... 14 Other ............................................ 15 Conclusions ............................... 16 Annex .......................................... 17 There is no better investment in this world than investment in children. — President David Granger, August 21, 2017 CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) 3 Upper Demerara-Berbice Region 10 Upper Demerara-Berbice The inland region of Upper Demerara- Berbice contains the largest portion of the Hilly Sand and Clay Area. Guyana’s principal bauxite deposits are found in the White Sands area. The 39,992 people of this ‘bauxite region’ work mainly with bauxite companies Linmine (at Linden and Ituni) and Bermine (at Everton and Kwakwani). The extracted bauxite is exported to make aluminum. Cattle rearing and forestry are also done on very small scales. The regional centre is in the town of Linden where the majority of the region’s population resides. Location of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) 4 CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) Background Background Context The Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) are committed to the wellbeing and development of Guyanese children. The Government, at the national and sub-national levels, is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). UNICEF is the custodian or co-custodian of 10 of the SDG indicators (stunting, wasting/overweight, skilled attendance at birth, under five mortality, neonatal mortality, early childhood development, early marriage, FGM/C, child discipline and sexual violence against children). This commitment is demonstrated by their support for the generation and dissemination of evidence to inform the development of plans, policies, projects, and programmes to address equity gaps in areas of survival, lifelong learning, protection, and participation of children. Need for Developmental Data Building sustainable communities is part of the Ministry of Communities’ mandate. An essential component of sustainable communities is being child-friendly. This effort to develop child friendly regional data profiles is a repackaging of existing data, from empirical sources, in a way that is specific to a region, and can be used by decision makers, to the fullest extent possible, for the realisation of child rights. It can also assist in supporting the achievement of the SDGs. Disaggregated data on social indicators are an essential component of evidence informed policies, plans, projects and programmes. It enables actors to effectively monitor progress toward the realisation of national and international goals and commitments and helps to measure whether these goals have been achieved and to what extent. Data supports national and sub-national governance structures to focus their interventions on the most deprived thereby reducing inequities and identify capacity deprivations for corresponding capacity building initiatives. This child-friendly regional profile compiled by the Government of Guyana through its Ministry of Communities, in collaboration with UNICEF, provides current information for all actors. CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) 5 Upper Demerara-Berbice Methodology The process of developing this profile was participatory and involved varied stakeholders. Using the Multiple Cluster Indicators Survey (MICS) 2014 and other national surveys, consultations were carried out with the Regional Administration and others to present the findings, seek consensus and validate processes. The data presented and the profile prepared represent a commitment by the regional administration and stakeholders to sustainable community development that is child friendly. The profile indicates areas of achievements and areas of depravations, some of which are the lowest in the country. Undoubtedly the regional administration, national government, local actors and international development partners will work to address the issues the data unfolds. 6 CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) Child Development Child Development Achievements /Areas for Attention Fig. 1.1: Early Childhood Development 62.7 percent of the children of this region Indexi are developmentally on track in at least three of the following four domains: literacy-numeracy, physical, social- Upper Demerara-Berbice 62.7% emotional, and learning National 61.0% Fig. 1.2: Inadequate Careii 5.3 percent of children under age five are left alone or in the care of another child Upper Demerara-Berbice 5.30% younger than 10 years more than one hour at least once in the week before the data was collected. National 5.0% Fig. 1.3: Support for Learningiii An adult has engaged 94.8 percent of children age 36-59 months in four or Upper Demerara-Berbice 94.8% more activities to promote learning and school readiness in the last three days. National 87.2% Fig. 1.4: Attendance to Early Childhood 62.7 percent of children age 36-59 months Educationiv attend an early childhood education programme. This is marginally higher that the national average (which also needs Upper Demerara-Berbice 62.7% improvement). National 61.0% CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) 7 Upper Demerara-Berbice Child Protection Achievements /Areas for Attention Fig. 2.1: Birth Registrationv 85 percent Birth Registration is slightly lower than the national average of 88.7 Upper Demerara-Berbice 85.0% percent. Efforts should be made to realise 100 percent. National 88.7% Fig. 2.2: Marriage Before Age 15 [Female]vi 3.6 percent of the females in this region get married before age 15. Early child Upper Demerara-Berbice 3.6% marriages affect the social fabric of the community negatively. National 5.0% Fig. 2.3: Violent Disciplinevii Violent discipline of children is high at 65.1 percent and presents an area of work Upper Demerara-Berbice 65.1% for all actors. National 69.7% Fig. 2.4: Child Labourviii 27.8 percent (more than one in four) of the children age 5-17 years, in this region, Upper Demerara-Berbice 27.8% are involved in child labour. Child labour is associated with school attendance delinquency and/or school dropout. National 18.3% This area should be investigated and interventions developed. 8 CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) Water and Sanitation Water and Sanitation Achievements /Areas for Attention Fig. 3.1: Use of Improved Drinking 90 percent of residents have access to Sourcesix improved drinking water sources. Efforts should be made to achieve 100 percent. Upper Demerara-Berbice 90.0% National 94.2% Fig. 3.2: Water Treatmentx 31.4 percent of the population undertake some form of water treatment. Un- Upper Demerara-Berbice 31.4% treated water is linked to high incidences of diseases and water-borne illnesses. National 27.4% Fig. 3.3: Availability of Soap or 61.8 percent of the region’s population Other Cleaning Detergentsxi have soap or any other cleansing agent available at the time of the survey for sanitation purposes. This places the Upper Demerara-Berbice 61.8% region second to last out of the ten administrative regions on improved National 68.7% sanitation within the area. Fig. 3.4: Place for Handwashingxii 58.2 percent of the region’s population have made provisions for a place of handwashing. This number must increase Upper Demerara-Berbice 58.2% for the achievement of this SDG. National 57.5% Fig. 3.5: Safe Disposal of Child Faecesxiii Safe disposal of the faeces of children of the region is only practiced by 40.9 percent of the population, representing Upper Demerara-Berbice 40.9% less than half of the region having access to any form of a safe and hygienic waste National 43.0% disposal system. This area should be focused on for the achievement of the SDG. CHILD-FRIENDLY REGIONAL PROFILE - Region Ten (10) 9 Upper Demerara-Berbice Vaccinations Achievements /Areas for Attention Fig. 4.1: Polio Immunisation Coveragexiv Childhood immunisation for Polio has not attained the goal of 100 percent but is 90 Upper Demerara-Berbice 90.0% percent and 0.1 percent higher than the national average. National 89.9% Fig. 4.2: Tuberculosis Immunisation Tuberculosis immunisation is high, 94.6 Coveragexv percent and on par with the national average. Upper Demerara-Berbice 94.6% National 94.6% Fig. 4.3: Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus Childhood immunisation for DPT is 90 (DPT) Immunisation Coverage percent and higher than the national xvi average. There should be interventions to (Pentavelnt) increase this to 100 percent. Upper Demerara-Berbice 90.0% National 89.2% Fig. 4.4: Measles Immunisation Coveragexvii Childhood
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