The Hear the Children's Cry Committee is an advocacy group committed to the wellbeing and welfare of Jamaica's children. It is an umbrella group whose members are agencies serving children and youth. Membership is also open to the participation of any citizen or resident of Jamaica, or any member of the Jamaican Diaspora, who shares similar concerns and interests.

The Committee was launched in 2002, in direct response to a heartbreaking and alarming complex of crises which continue to face Jamaican children. Thousands of Jamaican youngsters continue to be the victims of violent crimes, to be traumatized by witnessing murder and other violent acts in their homes
and communities. They continue to be abused in many homes, and to suffer from neglect, abandonment, homelessness and exploitation by criminals, from abuse by uncaring and/or uninformed care givers, and from injustices resulting from inadequate and often inept essential national services.

The Hear the Children’s Cry Committee is Jamaica's most vocal advocacy group. Since its inception it
has organized a series of high profile national events, maintains a vibrant media advocacy programme,
has designed and continues to carry out a number of innovative programmes. These include an island-
wide Parenting Education Outreach, the Prevent A Drop Out Programme being piloted for schools with sponsorship from RBTT Bank, and most recently, the Missing Children’s Support Programme with initial sponsorship from Jamaica Yellow Pages, and National Youth Help Projects, focusing on training and employment for vulnerable youth, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of East Kingston and Port Royal...

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