Newsletter 2024

Hi everyone!!

We are at the end of 2024. I hope you all had a great year. 

The holidays are here!! Christmas is a time of love, joy and togetherness. Christmas is also a time to show your appreciation for the people who have helped, supported or guided you.

The Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation would like to thank you to everyone who has assisted or supported us throughout the year. We immensely grateful for your donations, whether financial, in gifts or with your time. Your contributions have helped to grow our Foundation and help us to continue our mission of not letting children in Jamaica die from kidney disease because of poverty.

May your homes be filled with love and warmth this Christmas, and as we head into a new year, let’s look back at the year we are leaving behind and be thankful for the new memories.

May your 2025 be filled with joy, peace and abundance as we remain hopeful of the opportunities and surprises to come.

Have a great Christmas!

Thanks to a previous donation from Fujitsu Caribbean we were able to provide some back to school supplies to our Kidney Kids.

Thank you also to everyone who donated to us for back to school. Your donations were all greatly appreciated.

Thank you to Sol Jamaica for their donation to our Foundation. We are extremely grateful for this donation as it will help us to continue our mission of improving the care of children with kidney disease in Jamaica and reducing the likeliness of children dying from kidney disease because of poverty.

Presenting the cheque to Dr. Maolynne Miller, from Sol Jamaica, is Miss Jody Ann Clue.

The Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation is extremely grateful for the help we have received from The CHASE Fund in our mission to save lives. The CHASE Fund has decided to renew our grant of $9 million. With this, we will be able to able to continue supplying dialysis equipment for our Kidney Kids at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Paediatric Dialysis Unit.

Thank you to UNICEF for donating Christmas gifts to our Kidney Kids. We are extremely grateful for this donation and we know our kids will appreciate them.

This Christmas, the Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation has partnered with BoxoSox to raise funds for kids with kidney disease.

Wrap up the perfect holiday gift with Irie Steppings from BoxoSox! Celebrate your Jamaican heritage in style with bold, vibrant socks that connect you to your island home.

Each Irie Steppings design celebrates a unique part of our culture and highlights our music, sayings, symbols and scenes. Give the gift of Jamaica’s warmth this Christmas season. Comfort, Class, Culture and Charity!

Buy a BoxoSox for yourself or a loved one. Share the love of Jamaica with Irie Steppings and celebrate our Creativity, Tenacity, Hospitality, Positivity and our country’s natural beauty. Rep Ja everyday at work or at play with comfortable, high-quality socks =.)

With each pair of socks purchased, a fraction of the cost will be donated to the Foundation. Please continue to show us your support, with great style and comfy socks.

From our Kidney Kids Family to yours, we pray that your Christmas be bright and merry and your New Year be filled with love and blessings. This Christmas, add more memories, fun, love and laughter to your life, and celebrate with all your heart!

The JKKF continues to donate catheters and medication monthly to aid in the care of our children with kidney disease. These donations help to save or lengthen the life of a child on dialysis.

We are currently financially strapped and need help to continue supporting the children. We would like to encourage you all to donate, even if it is just $100, every little counts.

“Alone, we can do little, but together, we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation gives thanks to God and all our supporters for enabling us to still be around to serve our vulnerable Kidney Kids.

The Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation is grateful to all of our members, donors, volunteers, and everyone who has supported us throughout the years. We truly appreciate all of you and your contribution to the foundation over the 12 years of existence. We will continue to recognise our blessings and be grateful for each one.

Now, as is customary, we publicly thank some of the tremendously generous people and entities who have contributed to us effectively achieving our goals. We are deeply grateful to you: Adam, Anthony and Andrea Clayton, Alia Atkinson, Althea Hosang & family, Andrea Mason, Andrew Cocking, Anna Bucknor, Anne Wallace, Annette Phillpotts, Anthea Newman, Basil Lue, Belinda Lee, Benjamin Jones, Catherine Kabasele, Cathy Hendrickson Kerr, Cheryl Longmore, Cheyenne and Mark Gayle, Christina McBean, Clauden McCalla Miller, Craig Chin, Davlyn Dewars, Denis Cohen and Erraine Young, Douglas Aris, Dr Patterson, Earl and Judith Jarrett, Elizabeth Goffe, Elizabeth Shay, Eleanor Haisley, Dr Eve Palomino Lue, Faithlyn Dowdie, Fujitsu Caribbean, Garfield Reece, Gary & Bernadette Barrow and family, Gordon and Gia Lee, Graham Dunkley, Hamlyn Scott, Howard Gordon, Jacquie Aris, Jaydon Carter, Jean Rose, Jeehan Miller, Jemille Corke,  Jonathan Johnson, Judith Jarrett, Juliet Gallimore, June Saunders, Junior and Marlene Taylor, Kaci Gardner, Kathrina Walker, Kayla Jeffery, Kelly Ann Mc Kenzie, Kenesha Black, Kevaughan and Britney Douce, Kristen Facey, Klandine Thomas, Latoya Lovejoy, Lauren Campbell, Lauren Schuler, Liscarl Bell, Marie Radcliffe, Clare Marlene Taylor, Marlon Mahon, Modupeola Abayami, Monica Gayle, Mr. Kurt Wedderburn, Mrs. Hemmings, Naita Chamberlain, Naomi Davis, Natalie Ross, Natalie Shaw, Nickesha Mullings, Olivia Bennett, Onika Miller, Peta-Gaye Fairclough, Phyllando Kelly, Phyllis Reynolds, Pietra Brown, Rekelear Lawrence, Remero Brown, Renee Rattray, Roena Williams, Russlyn Sykes, Saffrey Brown, Shane Alexis, Shenreka Masters and family,  Stewart McKoy, Tajae Dowdie, Terrence Mignott, Terry Chin & family, William Tavares-Finson, Tony Ann Farquharson, Whitney Ann Taylor, Winsome Gibbs, Winsome Jureidini, Xhaeyion Kelly, Abbott Nutritionals, Art Connect JA, CB Facey Foundation, C.R. Hylton & Co., Carolling at Beethoven, CHASE Fund, Deryck A. Gibson Ltd., Development Bank of Jamaica, Devon House Bakery, Elite Diagnostics Imaging Services Ltd., Ennis Dental & Medical Supplies, Eyeglass Factory Ltd., Grace Kennedy Bank and Foundation, IRAD Ltd., International Paediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA), Jamaica Junior Theatre, JN Group, John R. Wong Super Market, Kiwanis Club of Friends Across Borders, Kiwanis Club of Young Professionals, Loshusan Supermarket, Manor Park Pharmacy, Massy United Insurance Ltd., MAXBROWN International, Medical Products Ltd., Microlabs Ltd., Monarch Pharmacy, National Commercial Bank, NCB Foundation, Nestle, National Housing Trust, National Packaging Corporation, Progressive Grocers of Jamaica Ltd., Rotary Club of St. Andrew North and partners, Ruthven Medical Centre, Sagicor Foundation, Sirgany family, Sun Island Jamaica Ltd., Scoops Unlimited (Devon House I SCREAM), Sheryl Haye, Super Valu Home Centres, Super Valu Supermarket, Supervalu Towne Centre, TruTorials, UNICEF Jamaica, UNFPA Zip Teq Ltd. as well as the many generous patients at Ruthven Medical Centre, and shoppers at all the stores which have our donation tins/ boxes.