Last Updated on December 24, 2019, 2:54 AM AST by Anthony Morris
In the honour of Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh, the Jamaican government will construct a new nursery at Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) in St. Thomas, which will be named after her.
The announcement was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports during a motivational session and tour with the adolescent mothers at the facility on Sunday.
The Government of Jamaica organised the four-Day homecoming celebrations in honour of Miss Toni-Ann Singh, and the tour was part of it.
Minister Grange said that the government would build a new nursery in St Thomas and it will be named Toni-Ann Singh Nursery. He said that they would make a more detailed announcement, but they want to tell people that it will be done and it will be done soonest.
“That is my dream,” said the Centre Manager, Barbara Dunn-Glover, expressing her delight at the Minister’s announcement.
Dunn-Glover said she has long advocated for the construction of a detached nursery in the Centre.
She said that there is just a thin wall between the classrooms and the nursery, so each time when the babies cry, the girls in the classrooms leave their lessons and go in the nursery because as a mother, when you hear your baby cry, the first instinct is to go and see what is wrong.
“I am also elated that the new nursery will be named in honour of Miss World, who hails from the parish,” said Dunn-Glover.
Miss Singh encouraged the girls to aspire for greatness during the motivational session.
“You have given life to the future generation, Jamaica’s future is in your hands. I’m a product of somebody just like you, and it’s because of her hard work and diligence that I am able to wear this crown, to be here to speak to you, to love you [and] to support you,” she told the adolescent mothers.
Miss Singh, who had visited the WCJF in St. Thomas before going to London for the Miss World competition, said it only fitting that she returns to show the girls her crown.
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