CHILDREN FIRST Agency, a non-governmental organisation which provides life-changing programmes for children and adolescents, was among the many voluntary organisations that supported the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund.
According to Claudette Pious, executive director of Children First Agency, the organisation participated in the collaborative effort because of its influence and community reach. “We are almost like a hub in terms of our work in the Spanish Town and Kingston communities, where we have numerous persons coming to us with various challenges, and we felt that we could assist both the PSOJ initiative and be the link that could help (the) PSOJ to get the information and items to persons mostly in need,” she said.
The 24-year-old organisation’s level of engagement included assisting with the distribution of care packages to these vulnerable communities. “The feedback from the community was overwhelmingly positive, and even now we have persons coming [and] for assistance,” she disclosed, pointing out that many vulnerable persons have lost their jobs and their financial independence to provide for themselves. Read more
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