Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon has warned that the well-being of TT’s children is at serious risk, calling for immediate action from “every sector, every citizen, and every church” to confront a growing crisis of youth suicide, self-harm and emotional distress.

Gordon was speaking ahead of a national news briefing –The Urgency of Now: A National Call to Save Our Children – scheduled for January 19 from 8.30 to 9.15 am, at the Archbishop’s House, Port of Spain. The briefing is an initiative of the Samaritan Movement, a national trauma-response programme commissioned by the Archdiocese of Port of Spain.

The archbishop is expected to deliver remarks outlining a national youth mental health initiative and the church’s response to what organisers describe as an escalating emergency affecting children across the country.