Marlon Vickerman, Gleaner Writer
THE KIWANIS Club of Downtown Kingston has partnered with the Jamaican Family Planning Association (FAMPLAN), in promoting children and family health care in the communities of the area.
This was disclosed by the club's president, Dwight Baugh, speaking at their 37th anniversary dinner at the Terra Nova Hotel, St. Andrew, on Friday night.
PARTNERSHIPS
President Baugh said "We sought to get into partnerships with other NGOs (non-governmental organisations) outside of Kiwanis that had like objectives. We are using the Kiwanis Club platform to assist them in launching their programme widely in society in addition to aiding in fund-raising events," he said. "And, FAMPLAN has a good reputation in downtown Kingston for community service and health care so we decided that we would partner with them."
Mrs. Peggy Scott, CEO of FAMPLAN, said the organisation was founded in the mid-1960s by the late Dr. Lenworth Jacobs and his wife in response to the need for better family planning in the country and through its advocacy has led to the Government's formation of the National Family Planning Board in 1968.
The FAMPLAN office is located at the Lenworth Jacobs Family Clinic on 65 East Street, downtown Kingston.
