Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding to assist in speedy repairs to road leading to Mustard Seed's Martha's House

As seen on Office of the Prime Minister's website
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Prime Minister Bruce Golding has given an undertaking to assist in speeding up the process of getting repairs done to the roads leading to the Mustard Seed Communities' refurbished Martha's House at Windsor Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine.

Mr. Golding has requested that the Mayor of Spanish Town, Councilor Andrew Wheatley, provides him with the estimates of repairs for the Windsor Road. The estimates had been completed for sometime now but the Mayor noted that repairs had been stalled because of the unavailability of funds.

Mr. Golding gave the commitment this morning (Dec 2) to fast track the road repairs when he addressed the official opening ceremony of Martha's House, which is run by the Mustard Seed Communities. The Prime Minister's instructions came in response to pleas by Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, Executive Director of Mustard Seed Communities, for the roads to be repaired.

Monsignor Ramkissoon provided an update of the services being provided by Martha's House which was destroyed by fire in March of this year leaving some 30 children displaced. The children who are brought to the Mustard Seed home are abandoned or orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS and are living with the virus.

In his address, Mr. Golding commended Mustard Seed for the speedy refurbishing which has been done to the home destroyed by fire and extended thanks to all the corporate entities which have contributed financially to the rebuilding. He also commended Monsignor Ramkissoon for his ability in mobilizing support to get the repairs done in less than a year. Mr. Golding expressed appreciation to Scotia Bank for its contribution of a cheque for just over $2 million to the Mustard Seed's ‘Dare to Care programme', as well as those who gave of their time. The funds were raised by staffers of Scotia bank and their contribution was matched by the bank.

Mr. Golding and representatives of the sponsoring companies were taken on a tour of the property where the Prime Minister got a first hand view of the classrooms, music rooms, and the dormitories before the official ribbon cutting ceremony by Most Reverend Donald J. Reece, Archbishop of Kingston.