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Helping Mount Waddy: Michael Folkes gives back to his community

The Foundation brings its first dental and medical mission to Mount Waddy Primary School.

Two years after launching the Foundation in Mount Waddy, St Ann, Michael A. Folkes returned with something new: the Foundation’s first dental and medical mission for the students of Mount Waddy Primary School, held in the summer of 2016.

Parents told the Jamaica Observer the mission saved them money they could not easily find, since public clinics are hard to get into and private doctors are expensive. Teacher Msichana Lewis said students often struggle to get their medical checks done, and called the mission a great opportunity.

“If you call yourself successful without giving to those who are less fortunate, how successful are you?”

Michael A. Folkes, speaking to the Jamaica Observer

What comes next

Michael said the goal is to make the medical mission an annual event and to expand its services. The Foundation is looking for local partners, including doctors, nurses and paediatricians, to help meet the need.

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Summary of an article by Renae Dixon, published in the Jamaica Observer on 15 August 2016.

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