REGGAE singer Nature made an impassionate plea to students to show more respect for the mentally and physically challenged during a recent concert held at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre last Friday.

The artiste performed his track World Peace before pausing to address the large gathering of students.

“Look out for people within your household and also your neighbours, some of whom are disabled, mentally and physically challenged… because we are all brothers and sisters even though we may be from different homes,” he said.

“I have been getting some disturbing reports of youths fighting the bus park and I hear that they don’t look out for the disabled and those in wheelchairs, they throw drinks on them and abuse them. Stop it,” he said, before performing No Guns Around.

He also performed Revolution and closed his set with Trying Man.

As he exited the stage, he implored the students once again to desist from fighting and bullying.

The event was organised by Ministry of the Youth and Culture and dub poet Miguel ‘Steppa’ Williams.

“The event was organised by the Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna. She wanted to address certain happenings in the bus park as it relates to the disabled. She wanted to talk to the youths and interact with them. So this was a multi-agency approach, partnering with Nature. The National Youth Service, the Office of the Children’s Registry, the JCDC, the Child Development Agency and the Ministry of Youth and Culture, to use edutainment to bring across the message,” said Williams.