J. Wray and Nephew Limited celebrated International Women’s Day 2020 on March 4, 2020 (Wednesday), ahead of the actual day March 8, 2020 (Sunday) by visiting five women’s centres and seven primary schools namely: Women’s Centre Foundation of Jamaica, Mustard Seed Communities, St. Elizabeth Infirmary, Clarendon Infirmary, Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Seaview Gardens Primary, Balmagie Primary, Seaward Primary, Race Course Primary, York Town Primary, Siloah Primary and Holland Primary.
The JWN Foundation donated 650 care packages consisting of sanitary napkins, soap, deodorant and other personal hygiene products to women and girls across three parishes: Kingston, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth for $828,468.10 (€4,885.26). On April 27th, JWN Foundation donated an additional supply of sanitary napkins and other hygiene items such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, deodorants etc. to the young ladies at Maxfield Park Children’s Home. The handover was made by our Foundation CEO, Tanikie McClarthy Allen to the Board Chairman of Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Emprezz Golding.
This donation was a timely and most needed due to the challenges faced by the home to provide for the young ladies in this very difficult time brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.