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GoodHeart | 1,000 benefit from Popcaan Care back-to-school outreach

Despite a few unruly attendees, the Popcaan Off-To-School Fun Day held in Morant Bay, St Thomas, brought smiles, warmed hearts and relieved much of the back-to-school pressure faced by parents. Paulette Stewart, a resident from Morant Bay, St...

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