Milton Bonner (left), drum facilitator performs a drumming piece with one of the students at the Christmas Showcase. The auditorium at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home came alive with performances for its Christmas showcase as the children danced and performed drumming pieces in celebration of the Christmas season. Among the performances were drumming pieces done by students who participated in the Drumming for Peace Initiative, implemented by the Violence Prevention Allianc

Students from Holy Family Primary light up the room with vibrant performances as part of the Child Resiliency Programme Christmas celebrations. Ricardo Motley, a father of two from McIntyre Villa in Kingston, watched from the sidelines as his 10-year-old son performed in the Christmas dance at the close-out ceremony of the Child Resiliency Programme at Holy Family Primary and Infant School. He had a broad smile on his face as he looked on. For him, his son has come a long way

Dawn Marie Richards (centre), president of the NAJ gives the children a hug in Greenvale, Mandeville. The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) spread holiday cheer to dozens of children in Clarendon Manchester and the Arnold Road Community on December 5, 10 and 17 respectively, as it staged its annual Make a Child Smile Christmas Treat at the Sanguinetti Community Centre in Clarendon, the Greenvale Community Centre in Manchester and the Mary Seacole House in Kingston. Held