Children’s Mental Health Week takes place from February 3-9, 2025 and focuses on the theme “Know Yourself, Grow Yourself”. This theme encourages children and young people to explore self-awareness and build resilience. It gives parents and teachers, whether at home…
THE EDITOR: The beginning of a new year is usually a time for reflection and the making of resolutions. The past year with all its ups and downs has taught us invaluable lessons. So much has happened, both good and bad…
Part 2 DR MARGARET NAKHID-CHATOOR IT MUST have been more than 20 years ago when I encountered Lucas (not his real name), a nine-year-old boy who was referred to our programme that we were doing in some schools on youth empowerment….
DR MARGARET NAKHID-CHATOOR HAPPY NEW you! Yes. You read correctly. At the start of this new year, consider making you and your mental health a priority. Some of you have made your physical health, your financial stability and all your…
NEW YEAR in, old year out, life will go on round and about. Many times, when life changes and unfortunate circumstances happen, we tend to focus on what we are losing, what is gone, or how things are different. Despite…
Dr. Margaret Nakhid-Chatoor Psychologist / Assistant Professor (Centre for Education UTT) and Dr. Nicha Selvon-Ramkissoon Assistant Professor (Centre for Education UTT) speak about the launch of “Affirming Methodologies” on 15th December 2022 at the UTT Tamana Campus.
Not all of us can swipe a card easily at the supermarket to pay for groceries, or are able to put three square meals on the table to feed our families on a daily basis. In the last two years,…
FROM THE reports circulating on social media about the pandemic, both negative and positive, it seems that we are in for a rollercoaster ride in 2022. The speed of the virus and its many variants have increased and as people…
