Hospiten donates first-aid kits to IPAD 4 Life youth camp
MONTEGO BAY, St James
Hospiten recently donated first-aid and emergency kits to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) IPAD 4 Life Youth Empowerment and Mentorship summer camp and also provided medical coverage for the over 70 participants who were enrolled in the programme, which ran from July 9 to 21.
“It is all a part of our company’s corporate social responsibility and community involvement,” stressed Samuel Alfonso, Hospiten’s Montego Bay country manager.
“Apart from the first aid and medical kits, there was on spot nursing coverage and many of the campers were also able to access much-needed medical treatment at Hospiten’s Montego Bay 24-hour medical and emergency facility during the camp.”
He argued that Hospiten Montego Bay was proud to have partnered with the JCF “for this excellent initiative which has touched the lives of many youths in a positive way,” adding that since the launch of the camp in 2015 many students have been transformed “from a lifestyle of lottery scamming and gang members to model students.”
The Identity, Purpose, Attitude and Destiny (IPAD) camp which was conceptualised by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant in 2015, was staged in St James for the first time.
The campers hailed from six schools in St James and Westmoreland, and were accommodated at the Spot Valley High School in St James.
The initiative is aimed at helping teenagers identify good role models and gain respect for the law, the police and their peers, while ensuring that they were equipped with problem-solving and social skills that will assist them to build healthy relationships.
The camp programme included sports, drama, music, dance and mentoring.
According to DCP Grant, said since the launch of the programme, the initiative has positively impacted over 14,000 young people in Westmoreland, St Ann, Clarendon and St Catherine.
She said in addition to youth being involved, their parents have also joined in with the formation of adult mentorship groups, which will not only cater to the students in the camps, but men and women deemed to be at-risk.
