Yadel Home for Children Appeals for Help

The Yadel Home for Children, located in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, has outgrown its facility and is seeking funding to improve and expand the Home.

Evon Blair, director of the Home said that the facility, which started in 2001 as a project

of The New Testament Church of God, under the Women’s Ministries Department, was established to provide shelter and care for girls between the ages of 10 to 18 years old.

“The facility opened initially with four girls; and over the past 17 years, has grown to accommodate 21 girls,” she informed, as she underscored the need for expansion, and indicated that, “The sleeping quarters, bathroom facilities and kitchen all need to be expanded.”

She further stated, “When we started the home there were four girls. And, today we have the same kitchen; therefore, you can appreciate that we need to expand, because for with 21 girls, there is need for more space in the kitchen for food preparations,” she pointed out. “We have been requested by the licensing agency to expand the kitchen.”

Mrs. Blair added that the play area for the youngsters was also in need of resurfacing. “It is very difficult to have 21 young ladies all penned up in the Home; and not have suitable outdoor spaces in which they can play, exercise and release their excess energy,” she said.

In addition, she explained that the Home needed to be secured. “The security of our children is very important; and we need a security fence for the property; however, we would require assistance to achieve that objective,” she informed.

“’Yadel’ is quite a strange name,” she explained, stating that, “It means, ‘The hand of God extended’ . We do hope that concerned persons will identify with us, and support us to address these needs.”

The funding support programme for the Yadel Home for the Children is now located on the ISupportJamaica website, a crowd-funding platform, which is an initiative of The Jamaica National Group. 

The website is an uncomplicated and secure avenue for Jamaicans locally and overseas, along with friends of Jamaica, to donate funds to micro-enterprises, and not-for-profit entities, such as the Yadel Home for the Children.

Phillip Lindsey, ISupportJamaica operations officer, at The Jamaica National Group, said persons can support the campaign by visiting the ISupportJamaica website.

“The website is a simple, creative, secure online facility through which Jamaicans, locally and overseas, along with friends of Jamaica, can provide financial support to micro-enterprises, and not-for-profit entities, such as the St. Patrick’s Foundation,” Mr Lindsey informed.

Interested persons can donate to this campaign by visiting the ISupport Jamaica platform at www.isupportjamaica.com, click on the Yadel Home for the Children project; and then click the “Fund Project” button, the operations officer explained.

Donations can also be made via PayPal; JN Live E-banking; by visiting any JN Branch, or MoneyShop; and through interbank transfers.

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