August 19, 2015 ‘Team Jaleel Cameron’ converged at the Rainbow
Children's Home in Lower Estate bearing nicely and neatly packed bags
sealed with genuine love that were handed over to Ms LaureL L. Freeman,
Social Worker Worker II and Glenda F. Cupid, House Parent at the
Rainbow Children's Home.
In the packages were items of school clothes and other materials
which the lad secured from friends and family members, as well as a
number of businesses and other private individuals.
Highlighting the motivating factors behind his decision to give to
the children of the home, Cameron said, "We are quite aware that
getting a child ready for school can be very expensive.... so in our
effort to continue to support the local Social Development Programme in
the community, we were more than happy to partner with them."
He said it was the Social Development Department that was able to identify three boys and one girl to benefit from his gesture.
"It is our hope that this can be a yearly undertaking. No child
should be left behind because of their circumstances [and] that is why
team Jaleel will continue to rally around kids whether medically, or
otherwise," the young man said.
$20k donation to BVIHSA
It was on July 13, 2015 that Mr Cameron presented a cheque to Government for the purchase of an Electroencephalogram machine.
As first and accurately reported by this news site, the lad handed
over a cheque for $20,000 to Minister for Health and Social Development
Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton and Chief Executive Officer of the BVI
Health Service Authority (BVIHSA) Ms Darlene Carty-Baptiste in the
presence of several persons/businesses who in one way or the other
donated to the cause.
Cameron had recalled that it was during the latter half of 2014 that
he had to be hospitalised locally but was soon after referred overseas
to access the care he needed as it was not possible at Peebles Hospital.
“I was diagnosed with epilepsy but I didn’t get the thing (diagnosis)
here, I got it in the States (USA) because there was not a Neurologist
here on staff and they didn’t have the machine to run the tests. So I
was just thinking that I could help to buy the machine and get a
neurologist or something,” he said.
His fundraising efforts including selling bottled water on the streets.
LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Three boys and
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