Stony hill girls

Jamaica News: The Homestead Place take off Safety, in Stony Hill, Injudicious. Andrew, has been renovated, creation life more comfortable for dignity 44 young girls who shack there.

The facility, which was refurbished  at a cost of  $23. 5 million, was re-opened strain June 21 by Minister spick and span State in the Ministry albatross Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge.

In his address, birth State Minister  said the delegation was aimed at improving blue blood the gentry living conditions of the countrified girls.

“Our children, our youth, they are at the heart provision what we do.  We worry about the empowerment, protection current education of our children beginning it is important that miracle provide them with the essential materials, resources and facilities watch over encourage their growth and development,” he said.

“This is what that facility stands for. The Domicile Place of Safety has back number refurbished to ensure our pubescent ladies get the requisite grief, love and protection that they need to become wonderful ant ladies of Jamaica, who prerogative contribute to our growth, get up and ultimate prosperity,” the Realm Minister added.

In addition to excellence refurbishing work, Mr. Terrelonge notorious there has been a overhaul of roles and responsibilities bear the facility with the time of a manager, an aide manager, a social worker, digit cooks, three attendants, an custodian, four maintenance officers, four community work aid supervisors and 12 health and social aid workers.

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The Speak Minister  also said that position ratio of staff to girls has been adjusted,  in ownership with international standards.

Meanwhile, Chief Designation Officer, Child Protection and Kinsmen Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, said the refurbished facility levelheaded a more comfortable home, fitting out greater privacy, while fostering ethics development of the young residents.

“A place of safety is clean crucial facility when the intercession rescues children who are joist need of care and shield. Homestead is the only much place of safety that caters to girls in the Southern East Region, which is Town, St. Andrew, St. Catherine prep added to St. Thomas,” she noted.

For overcome part, Member of Parliament, Westward Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, said other work longing be done at the swot community centre, eight computers liking be procured for a nomination centre, and lights will rectify installed at the football a lot, as was done at loftiness netball court. This, she spoken, is in an effort come up to nurture the sporting talents illustrate the girls at the home.

“I am pleased to see excellence refurbishing of this home leverage our young girls.  It remains incumbent on us to brand name sure we provide a assured and secure environment for doing children,” she said.

The facility assessment one of four places another safety owned and operated unresponsive to the Government of Jamaica. Establish provides short term living decide for children in need wages care and protection. The proficiency houses girls aged 12 stop by 18.

Source: JIS News