MORE THAN 200 members of the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) were given care packages of food and other essential items yesterday amid the COVID-19 pandemic, courtesy of Jenny Jenny Productions.
Founder of Jenny Jenny Productions, Jennifer Small, told The Gleaner yesterday that she decided to make the donations after realising that not enough attention was being paid to the blind community, especially those in rural Jamaica.
Small forged partnerships with some of Jamaica’s large producers and distributors of food and other items to assist blind people in rural areas.
Conrad Harris, executive director of JSB, said the donations are timely, as most blind persons are not currently employed or do mainly subsistent activities.
JSB Chairman Damian McLean said that the entity has not been able to assist as many Jamaicans who are blind as it normally would because of the many restrictions stemming from COVID-19.
