Police stations and posts across the island will benefit from a community service project organised by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as part of its 125th anniversary of Adventism in Jamaica celebrations.
The aim of the project, which begins on October 25, is to improve the working conditions of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and to provide stress management intervention and counselling where there is a need.
“We have over 738 congregations in Jamaica. We want the over 300,000 members to identify with the JCF and to create a favourable environment so that the men and women who serve us can have a more conducive place of work,” said Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica.
The project acknowledges the difficulties the police face as they seek to maintain law and order, and is part of the Adventist contribution to the fight against crime.
Pastor Wenford Henry, director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency — Jamaica, outlined how the project will roll out: “First we are going to visit the stations and talk to those in charge…and they will outline to us their various needs. Then, based on what [we] can afford to do, [we will] go ahead and address it. Also, we don’t want this to be a one-time action, we want to establish a relationship because we are in the community and we are a church of the community. On the 25th, we will begin the work, which won’t necessarily end on that day.”
Adventists islandwide will pool their resources, including finances and skills, to make the project possible.
