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  • Tags: Children - Institutional care - Jamaica

Youngsters arriving at Fort Clarence Beach for the Annual Summer Youth treat

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"J.O.S. helps too: Youngster arriving Fort Clarence for the Annual Summer Youth treat at Fort Clarence Beach for children living in custodial care at places of safety and children's homes. The programme is jointly sponsored by the Hellshire Bay…

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Youngster at Fort Clarence Beach during Summer Youth Programme

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"An assistant on the Summer Youth Programme at Fort Clarence Beach, Hellshire, got down to the problem with this thumb sucking little miss from the Nest, and soon had her cheerful again. Over 1,500 youngsters from the Places of Safety, and children's…

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Trade Centre, Swift Purcell Home for Boys - Highgate, St. Mary

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One of the buildings located on the Swift Purcell Home for Boys in Highgate, St. Mary.

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The St. Anthony's Children's Home operated by the Roman Catholic Church

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Children in the front yard of the St. Anthony's Children's Home, located in Jack's Hill, St. Andrew.

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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."

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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.

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Summer treat at Fort Clarence Beach for children in state care

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Recreation Centre Swift-Purcell Home for Boys, Highgate, St. Mary

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View of a section of the Swift-Purcell Boys' Home located in Highgate, St. Mary.

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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."

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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…

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