THE DIGICEL Foundation officially opened and handed over a new computer room and physiotherapy room to the Widow's Mite Home located at Murray Mount in St. Ann on Friday, May 12. This was part of a workday that was put on by the Foundation at the home.
Widow's Mite was opened in 2001 and is a home for abandoned physically and mentally disabled children aged five to 15. The home employs 12 persons inclusive of an administrator, caregivers, a cook, a washer, a cleaner and a handyman. Widow's Mite also houses a basic school, which caters to the young children in the area.
Robert Neish, executive director of Digicel Foundation said the Foundation received the proposal for the computer and physio-therapy rooms and jumped at the opportunity to help these children with special needs. The physiotherapy room provides the children with vital therapy sessions. The computer room will be used not only by these special children but also by members of the community. The computers that were donated will be connected to the Internet via a Digicel cell site near to the home.
