Work continues on new outreach facility for teen mothers in St Elizabeth
The Government has allocated approximately
$25.2 million to complete construction of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica
Foundation (WCJF) Santa Cruz Outreach Centre in St Elizabeth.
Details of the project are outlined in the
2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.
Establishment of the facility will strengthen the delivery of the WCJF’s Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM) and expand the foundation’s activities in the parish.
The project, initially scheduled for April
2018 to March 2019, has been extended to March 2021.
PAM is the WCJF’s core programme and is
executed island-wide through the foundation’s main centres and outreach
stations.
The programme enables girls to continue
their education during pregnancy and prepares them to be reintegrated into the
formal school system after they have given birth.
Data shows that the WCJF serves about 48
per cent of the adolescent mothers in Jamaica.
