CUPERTINO PROGRAM

Four days a week the friars and sisters assist at the Cupertino Program. A before and after school program that assists struggling students.

St Joseph of Cupertino, a Franciscan Friar, was a struggling student who was almost denied ordination. He is the patron saint of struggling students.

Here in Jamaica 40% of the children who make it through high school are illiterate and 54% of the children who leave school at the 8th grade are illiterate.

Sister Naomi helps Robert, aka Bamboo, with his studies. Our hope is that every child who comes through the program will be able to read and write... one child at a time.