Helping to raise a smile
The Nightengale Childrens Village
In 2011, we began a very ambitious project, which involved children in residential care in Barbados.
We were aware that the family unit in Barbados was not as strong as it once was and that there were now several children who would spend their entire childhood in group homes without any visitation from family members.
There were also dozens of children who may have been removed from their families for a variety of reasons including parental drug abuse, physical abuse, physical or mental disability or dysfunctional behaviour.
The children were currently housed in a variety of locations across the island and were divided into age groups: birth to 4, 5 – 11 and 12 – 18.
We earnestly appeal to individuals, trusts, corporate and funding agencies to donate generously to help us achieve our goal.
We are all volunteers with no overheads and lots of help from various professionals across the island.
The smile on a child’s face is worth so much to us – who knows how many more children we will find that need our help.