The St Patrick’s Foundation has been playing a pivotal role in community development and training to residents of several inner-city communities, including Seaview Gardens, Riverton City, Olympic Gardens and Waterhouse, but has been finding it difficult to extend its services over the years due to a lack of funding.
Founded in 1994 by the late Monsignor Richard Albert, the foundation provides human-resource development skills training through its two community centers, an early-childhood education center in Riverton Meadows and St Monica’s Home for abandoned elderly and adults with HIV/AIDS in White Marl, St Catherine.
According to Sandrina Davis, general manager at the St Patrick’s Foundation, their mission is to impart relevant skills, opportunities and care to residents of selected low-income communities, making possible their social and economic advancement.