Many Jamaican families look forward each year to free health fairs often hosted at churches and community centres ahead of the start of school, when students are required to present proof of a full medical. For the health professionals who have to conduct these medicals, the hours can be long as parents seek to capitalise on this crucial offering. But family nurse practitioner Marcia Bryan-Thompson doesn’t mind. It provides a great opportunity for her to help Jamaicans to “know their numbers”....

KINGSTON, Jamaica—More than 250 students benefited from the Free Town Foundation’s annual Back-to-School Giveaway and Health Fair held on Friday, August 21, at the Miracle Tabernacle Free Town Church of God of Prophecy in Clarendon. The event not only benefited students, but also provided adults with an opportunity to “know their numbers” and access medical professionals and other health services. The foundation’s partnership with the Clarendon Health Department has been ongoing for several...

Director of the Free Town Foundation Donna Smith receives a donation from Steve “Urchin” Wilson, representing the Sean Paul Foundation, towards this summer’s back-to-school charity initiative. THE Sean Paul Foundation has given the Clarendon-based Free Town Foundation a big boost for its back-to-school charity initiative, with a $75,000 donation. The funds were presented to Free Town board member Donna Smith by Steve “Urchin” Wilson on August 5 at Headline Entertainment’s offices in St...