About Jamaica National Children’s Home

The Jamaica National Children’s Home opened in 1973 as a branch of Britain’s National Children’s Home. It is one of Jamaica’s premier providers of care and protection for children rescued from poverty, neglect, abandonment and abuse. It is a non-government organisation owned and operated by the Jamaica Methodist Church, yet its governing board of directors retains strong links with all denominations as well as the Jamaican government.

The sole purpose of the National Children’s Home is to nurture children and to provide a loving, caring and stable home to orphans and abandoned children, as well as children with severe mental or physical disabilities (Tegwyn Special Unit) whose parents are unable to provide proper care.

 

Tegwyn House

A special school for children with disabilities.

There are over 50 children in this unit that have severe mental and physical disabilities and need 24 hour care. Caring staff and stimulation workers provide training to help these children and young people develop self help skills like feeding, dressing self etc. Develop learning skills like communicate with others, writing, reading etc. Develop mobility moving body parts, walking etc.