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Province of the West Indies
Jamaica and the
Cayman Islands
P
rison ministry and parenting groups are just two of the
Mothers’ Union activities in Jamaica and the Cayman
Islands.
Mothers’ Union’s 4,000 members in Jamaica May Pen, Clarendon; building and renovating
and the Cayman Islands are active in their homes damaged by a hurricane in the Mavis
communities caring for families in practical Bank area; providing counselling and care for
ways, through innovative programmes and
disruptive youths and geriatric care for elderly
by engaging in policy issues. Over the past
citizens through the services of nursing
three years, members have initiated a wide
practitioners; caring for families affected by
range of programmes.
HIV/AIDs and assisting the prison chaplain in
the ministry to inmates.
In the area of policy, they launched a
campaign among members to make them
Funds have been given to help support the
aware of the implications of the new
government legislation regarding the care
diocesan children’s homes, and to provide
and protection of children. They have set up a
scholarships and sponsorship to ensure that
Women’s Desk and Mothers’ Union Hotline for
children and secondary school students
young people and others to access, and they
receive an education.
have held courses on self-esteem and forums
to deal with legal rights of women after the
The diocese and by extension Jamaica has
death of their husbands.
benefited tremendously from the Mothers’
Union Parenting Programme. Apart from
Mothers’ Union in
helping parents to improve their parenting
Jamaica also cares
skills, many members have gained
for families in the
confidence and are now promoting the
community in
values of the programme in their
practical ways,
communities.
building bus
shelters in St
After completing a parenting group, many
Elizabeth to
group members have continued to meet
protect school
together and carry out various outreach
children from
activities such as collecting used textbooks to
irresponsible help poorer members of the community,
motorists; building forming prayer bands and running after-
homes for senior citizens in school care and study groups.
Fact File
Population: 2,804,332
Mothers’ Union members:4,000 Mother’s Union started in Jamaica in 1897
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