Recently, the Mayor of Kingston Senator Angela Brown Burke called a meeting with key stakeholders pertaining to the feeding of the homeless on the streets of Kingston, particularly in the downtown Kingston area.
She was concerned about both the way in which they were fed and the locations at which they are fed and pointed to the danger, nuisance and unhygienic situations that have arisen out of the ad hoc feeding plan.
Stakeholders from various churches and voluntary organisations all agreed that a schedule should be prepared to accommodate the feeding of as many homeless as possible each day. What obtains now is that some persons will get up to five meals per day and some none.
convenient places
The KSAC in partnership with these stakeholders have agreed to work out convenient places for the homeless to be fed instead of being fed on the street. Five places identified so far are The Open Arms Drop-in Centre, Marie Aitkens Night Shelter, Mona Baptist, Bethel Baptist and the Salvation Army.
The organised feeding schedule will be available to all interested meal providers ‹ groups, organisations or individuals. Everyone is being implored to adhere to the places named as feeding centres so that the various feeding programmes can be carried out under better hygienic conditions and with greater dignity to the less fortunate as we continue to serve them. As such, feeding on the streets of Kingston & St Andrew as of September 28, 2014 will be strictly prohibited.
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