Act With Compassion: Links to More Information

• The Diocese of Mandeville
• About Kingston, Jamaica - background, political history
• FAQs at the US Embassy - Kingston, Jamaica Website
• "Nobody's Children" - 1999 report by Human Rights Watch about Jamaican children in detention and institutions
• Ministry of Health - current information provided
  by the Jamaican Ministry of Health
• Jamaica Virtual Online Reference Library
• World Desk Reference site on Jamaica
• Country Assistance Strategy from the World Bank

Bishop Boyle's Challenge

We have dire poverty. It's something the tourists don't see, nor do the television ads feature. Our people are poor. Jamaica is the poorest nation in the hemisphere after Haiti, and our diocese is the poorest part of Jamaica. We have five hundred thousand people in our diocese. Sixty-eight percent have no running water, only outdoor latrines. We have people who need food, shoes, clothing, mattresses for their beds.

We are not proselytizing. We are not trying to make people Catholic. All the poor are God's children and our purpose is to reach out to them without consideration of religious belief or lack of religious belief.

Jamaicans share. Share the gifts that God gave you. They are given to you for your brothers and sisters. My people in Jamaica are your brothers and sisters. Could you share something with them?

• Food for the Poor - website with information and an opportunity to support the Wilberforce Water Supply Project in north central rural Jamaica; special Food for the Poor field report on Jamaica
• Christian Foundation for Children and Aging - arranges aid for children and elderly
• National Catholic Community Foundation - information about the Mandeville Education Fund and the Mandeville Retirement Fund

Other Compassion Articles on Jamaica

• Reflections of a Jamaica missionary - Richard Award, C.P., now Rector of St Paul of the Cross Cathedral in Mandeville, Jamaica
• Funerals in Jamaica - Richard Leary, C.P.'s affecting and interesting essay
• Walking With God - walk around the neighborhood with Richard Leary, C.P.
• Walking in the Midst of Violence - more walks with Richard Leary, C.P.
  
• Interview with Bishop Paul Boyle - on the establishment of the Diocese of Mandeville
  
• Brother Michael's Merry-Go-Round - an artist, a carpenter, a missionary in Jamaica

A Missionary Looks at Jamaica • One of a Jamaican Kind: Fr Bertram Chin, C.P.
A Retreat House Keeping Dreams Alive • Sister Una Is Building a College
Editor's Note • Act With Compassion

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