Help our children – Usain urges all Jamaica to bolt into action to help vulnerable youth have a brighter future

Published:Wednesday | January 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines/Gleaner Writer
An emotional Usain Bolt embraces a young female ward of Walker’s Place of Safety in St Andrew. The facility was destroyed by fire last week, killing two of her friends. Yesterday, at Hope Zoo in St Andrew, the Usain Bolt Foundation donated $1 million to aid the displaced children.
From left: Maureen Samms-Vaughan, professor of child health, development and behaviour at the University of the West Indies and board member of the Usain Bolt Foundation; Floyd Green, state minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information; Rosalee Gage-Grey, chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency; Winsome Wilkins, chairman of the Usain Bolt Foundation; and sprint icon Usain Bolt at the handover of $1 million from the foundation to aid the children affected by the fire that destroyed Walker’s Place of Safety in St Andrew last week. The event took place at Hope Zoo in St Andrew yesterday.
Usain Bolt Foundation board member Norman Peart (left) looks on as Usain Bolt interacts with a young ward from Walker’s Place of Safety.
Grace Allen, head care manager of Walker’s Place of Safety, comforts a young female ward.
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