'The society is lacking love' JAMAICA-born US-based nurse, Recisa Fearon engendering kindness by delivering school supplies, toys and toiletries to more than 150 school children in JA..... "It's a heart-warming feeling, knowing that I did my Master's and also the charity together and finished them both in December, I really feel accomplished," said the nurse.

BY ANIKA RICHARDS Observer staff reporter richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com  Monday, December 29, 2014   

 A Jamaican-born nurse who now resides in New Jersey, USA, sought to bring smiles to a few young faces for the festive season. On a five-day trip to the island, Recisa Fearon travelled to Westmoreland, St Mary and Kingston to deliver school supplies, toys and toiletries to more than 150 children.

Jamaican-born nurse Recisa Fearon, who now resides
in New Jersey, USA, shares a moment with students at
 the Yallahs Basic School in St Thomas, during her five-day
 visit to donate school supplies and other items to more
 than 150 children.

Originally from Portmore, St Catherine, Fearon told the Jamaica Observer that she migrated some 10 years ago, but that her aim for 2014 was to complete her Masters' degree and deliver supplies to children for Christmas. She managed to complete both in December.

"What I did was to group up with six friends and donate some funds, then we got the stuff and decided to give it to different communities and a children's home in Kingston," Fearon explained in a recent interview.

It is a mission she started in 2013, which saw her visiting Jamaica in May for Child's Month. However, she was unable to visit a few schools then, so she vowed to return - and with more goodies. Since Fearon first donated school bags, books, pencils, crayons, markers, coloured pencils, sharpeners, toiletries, among other basic items, about 16 schools across the island have benefited.

Students at the Breakthrough Basic School in Islington,
St Mary, examine school supplies donated by Recisa Fearon,
 a Jamaican now living in the United States.

"I want to make a change in Jamaica, the society is lacking love, the society needs people who can be an inspiration to others and I hope that others will see what I have done and try to help the little ones," Fearon shared. "I just think that if you can show them how to love then they will grow up in love and one day somebody will do what I did." more