SOUTH FLORIDA – A number of members of the Jamaican Girls of Florida (JWOF) will conduct a three-day mission journey with their adopted house – the Melody Residence for Ladies in Montego Bay, St. James.
The staff, led by President Janice McIntosh, and Vice President, Aisha King-Rainford, will go away South Florida on Thursday, (Oct. 12).
The JWOF team will current a test of $12,500 (US) to help with the constructing of a transition house for the women on the present location. The erection of the constructing has already began.
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Deliberate Workshops
Throughout the three-day retreat, the staff, consisting of assorted professionals will conduct a workshop agenda with like-minded professionals in Jamaica on matters ready to empower the younger feminine residents on the Residence. Among the matters to be offered embrace:
Interactive Theater with Cathy Levy, famend stage director, actress, teacher and technican
Life Expertise with JWOF member and educator, Judith Mercurius
Empowerment, Cyber security and Genuine Self with Judith Corridor, JWOF member, educator and creator
Different actions will embrace social actions and interplay with the Melody Home residents. They may improve ongoing relationships and put together them for productive and impartial lives as they strategy maturity.
The workshop agenda on empowerment and management expertise is designed to engender in every participant belief, self-confidence and consciousness. For instance, Levy’s interactive methods will put together them for psychological, emotional and bodily calls for of efficiency.
President McIntosh has acknowledged that the JWOF total mission is to empower and uplift girls. Speaking concerning the pleasure in making ready for the mission journey, she acknowledged that “visiting the Montego Bay Residence for ladies who’ve had critical life challenges provides us a chance to pour into their lives an affirmation of their value, a spark of hope, and a promise of a brighter tomorrow”. She was assured that the mission could be successful as “our service to those ladies will ignite the flames of empowerment, lighting a path in the direction of desires realized and potential unleashed”.
Melody Home For Ladies
Melody Housewas established in 1979, and is a non-public, nonprofit group that gives housing to deserted and abused ladies outdoors Montego Bay, Jamaica. The house receives partial funding from the Jamaican Authorities. Nonetheless, it’s largely supported by charitable donations.
The power sits on a number of acres of land and might cater as much as 20 ladies at any given time. With the assistance of the small workers and volunteers, the women have planted and keep gardens of fruit and veggies. Collectively, the women work as a staff to can mangoes for the Residence. They’re additionally self-sufficient with elevating chickens, and promoting the chickens and eggs.
JWOF
The South Florida-based group {of professional} girls lately celebrated its ten-year anniversary with famous accomplishments, empowering girls by means of schooling, mentoring and private growth.
JWOF is a Florida Not-For-Revenue, based in October 2012 as a company designed to offer an outlet for Jamaican girls to empower themselves by means of networking, mentoring, and private growth.
By way of its mission, JWOF has continued to companion with native and worldwide group to help younger youngsters; to offer four-year scholarships to Jamaican/American highschool graduating females college-bound; inspiring girls by means of private growth programmes, and mentoring the following era of highly effective girls in Jamaica and Florida.
JWOF is devoted to Jamaican Girls – Highly effective Girls . . . Worldwide.
