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Phonics teacher, Omeillo Neil,
under a tree, patiently teaching 14-year-old student how to read |
To many of us in Trench Town, the Restoration Christian School is more than a learning institution. It is a light that brings light and restoration to the less fortunate lost in hopelessness.
This institution has truly touched my life in a most significant way. Constructed on the principles of God, this school has helped in building the platform on which I thrive.
Although I had graduated from one of Jamaica’s top ranking high schools, with enough credits to get me a good job, I could only find one at McDonald’s flipping hamburgers. Little did I know that going to the Restoration Center for a recommendation to work at McDonald’s would result in my being accepted as a respected teacher in my own community.
It is awesome that an institution like this not only rescues hopeless children but also grabs and builds confidence and self-esteem in adolescents and young adults slipping down a path of hopeless and despair.
I am happy and honoured to be a part of a family working together in taking individuals from a hopeless position to one where they see endless possibilities.
