St. Mary & Portland, JAMAICA: Eastern Schools Welcome Food For The Poor Furniture Donations.... Under its School Furniture Campaign, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica aims to distribute no fewer than 15,000 desks and chairs by the end of the academic year in July 2014.

Gleaner Published: Friday | May 2, 2014 0 Comments

It was the same cry that resonated throughout several schools across St Mary and Portland which recently received timely donations of much-needed furniture. "Thank you, Food For The Poor for making a difference!"

These students of Jacks River Primary School
 in St Mary are far more comfortable and
happy having received new desks
and chairs from Food For The Poor.

The charity organisation's team has, over the last few weeks, been travelling to schools across the parishes as it seeks to alleviate the discomfort experienced by many students, some of whom have had to stand during lessons or share a desk with a fellow student. Under its School Furniture Campaign, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica aims to distribute no fewer than 15,000 desks and chairs by the end of the academic year in July 2014.

Executive director of FFP Jamaica, Jacqueline Johnson, said the charity organisation has been working since January this year to ensure that as many students as possible are comfortable while learning. "In some of the schools visited by our teams, the conditions under which the students had to learn were appalling. Some of the furniture were termite infested while others were broken. We have a duty to assist our students in their educational development and to fulfil their dreams and aspirations." more