Friendship, Jamaica · Cincinnati, Ohio

Get involved

“As the Melbourne and Michael Folkes Foundation begins the first stages of its four initiatives we will need more than donations of money. Personnel are just as valuable.”

Give

Fund school fees, medical care and the auditorium — or donate equipment, books and technology.

From $35

Volunteer

Medical, educational, building and training skills are all needed.

Join a medical mission

Seven days in Jamaica providing care that changes lives — including your own.

Or buy the book

Driven by Desperation

Michael’s memoir of the childhood behind the Foundation. Ninety per cent of every sale is donated to the work in Friendship and Cincinnati.

What your help pays for

$35

A classroom fan

Eight are needed — $280 covers every classroom.

$130

A whiteboard

Replaces a surface the teachers currently work around.

$450

A projector

Turns any room at Mount Waddy into a teaching room.

$564

One student’s school year

Fees, books and lunch for a child for a full year.

Not sure where to start?

Call (513) 737-9888 or write to info@mandmfoundation.org — a person answers.