FAITH Harding was Guyana’s leading Child Psychologist and a tireless advocate for child rights – especially on the banning of corporal punishment in schools and in homes. She trained counsellors and she, herself, counselled and cared for many child victims of rape and other sexual and physical abuses. 

From the very early days of the Ministry of Education’s first Early Childhood Programmes and Nursery Schools set up in the 1970s, Faith was a trainer and advisor – always armed with the best and most current thinking and practice of childhood education and well-being.

She was a prominent figure in politics as well – a stalwart of the PNC in the 1970s & 80s and stood as a Presidential Candidate in 2011. In more recent times, she aligned herself more broadly with her professional and non-governmental peers and sat on many panels and associated advocacy initiatives on the matter of child rights and the upholding of the UN Convention on The Rights of The Child.
Faith Harding was always forthright and independent in her views, always providing food for thought and making a call for action and more action to be taken by the authorities in government, the private sector, NGOs and parents.
She made a significant mark in Guyana in her lifetime and her legacy will live on. WGEC pays honour and tribute to her and extends sincere sympathy to her family.

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