Over 40 schools in Barbados are currently engaged in an intensive week-long training programme aimed at empowering teachers and counsellors to better assist students who are at risk or have been exposed to violence. This transformative initiative, hosted at Pelican House in Bridgetown, is a joint effort between Barbados’ Ministry of Educational Transformation and Jamaica’s Multicare Youth Foundation (MYF). The programme seeks to provide educators with practical strategies to address behavioural challenges, mitigate aggression, and foster emotional well-being among young people. Spearheaded by MYF Executive Director Mitzian Turner, the initiative has been hailed as a “groundbreaking, monumental milestone” for the foundation. Turner emphasized that this training represents a crucial step in building resilience and offering support to vulnerable youth across the Caribbean region.