Olivia Grange (File photo)
Olivia Grange, the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has expressed pleasure that the Rastafari Coral Gardens Elders’ Home established at Granville in St James with funds provided by the ministry, is now operational.
Grange spoke at the official opening of the home on April 1, 2021.
The facility was established to care for the medical and social needs of the survivors of the 1963 Coral Gardens Massacre. It is managed by the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society (RCGBS).
“It is pleasing and quite an accomplishment to have the home now up and running, and I must say job well done to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society which spent the funds prudently to make the home fully functional,” said Grange.
Food for the Poor’s Chevanese Rowe Lyn-Sue, Manager of Health and Child Care, and Marsha Burrell-Rose, Development and Marketing Manager, shared a moment with Kevin Downswell, Gospel Artiste and Add Hope Ambassador, and Andrei Roper, Brand Manager at Restaurants of Jamaica, as they received donations of care packages at the Hanbury Children’s Home in Manchester.
Quick-service food operator Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) through their KFC Add Hope outreach programme, recently donated 1,300 KFC meals towards Food For The Poor’s Angels of Hope programme – meals that will go to the wards and caregivers at 26 children’s homes across the island.