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  • Tags: Children - Institutional care - Jamaica

Maxfield Park Children's Home

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"Fine Gesture: Maxfield Park Children's Home Matron, Mrs. O'Conner Johnson, receiving a cheque for $200 from Flour Mills and Allied Industry Worker's Chief Delegate, Henry Brown, yesterday afternoon. The donation came from the workers' back pay,…

Miss Jamaica, Patsy Yuen helped brighten the annual KSAC treat by distributing Christmas presents

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"The Queen and the kids: One tiny tot comes in for special attention from Miss Jamaica, Patsy Yuen, at the Jamaica House part on Thursday for children from Maxfield Children's Home. Miss Yuen helped brighten the annual KSAC treat by distributing…

Plaque-laying ceremony at S.O.S Children's Village

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"American country and western singing superstar Johnny Cash (second from right), lays a plaque to a house he donated at the SOS Children's Village at Barrett Town, near Montego Bay. Assisting him is the president of the Village and general manager…

Playing in the yard at 72 Hagley Park Road

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"Where do the children play? In the yard, behind the house that has been approved as a "Place of Safety" for young, homeless, retarded and misled Jamaican children, at 72 Hagley Park Road."

Swift Purcell Home for Boys - Highgate

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View of the Swift Purcell Home for orphaned boys, located in Highgate, St. Mary and established in the early 1900s by Mama Swift and Mr. A. Purcell of the Quakers/Society of Friends.

The Phyll's Court Place of Safety

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A front view of the Phyll's Court Place of Safety. A sign is at the front of the building which reads "Phyll's Court Maternity Plan; Phone 69011."