by David Campbell | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Kelisha (not her real name, and not the child in this photo) is doing so well. She is fully engaging with life as a 10 year old should.” That was one of the comments Leo made in our last team meeting. Not knowing the back story it might seem like a pretty simple...
by David Campbell | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
I asked both Shaboo and Leo to share a recent story, which are below, but to help understand the context I will start by telling a short story from a few years ago … My Story: We were running a youth basketball club in Majesty Gardens, and a young man ran onto the...
by David Campbell | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
“I had that joy just seeing the kids and it’s like … we need to make sure we don’t fail these kids.” This was part of a message I received yesterday, from Shaboo, one of the team leaders in Jamaica. The team ran a youth programme at the Dream Centre on Thursday night,...
by David Campbell | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
It is not his real name, but I will call him Alan. He came to our youth club programmes for about three years, when he was 13 to 16 years old, and is 20 now. Those can be disorientating years for young people in any setting, but especially so in the inner city. In...
by David Campbell | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
For this update about the recent Christmas food package and gift outreach, I decided to video it instead of writing it. Merry Christmas to you all. “All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all...
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