Downtown's homeless finally fed
Published:Thursday | May 27, 2010 | 12:00 AM
A small number of street people who were forced to survive without a morsel amid running gun battles in downtown Kingston finally received assistance yesterday as the firefights waned.
Almost 20 homeless persons who converged along Princess and North streets were provided with food when the North Street United Church visited their base.
Pastor Nigel Pusey said the aim was to see how best the group could alleviate the needs of persons who stayed in the vicinity of the church.
The church group prepared warm meals for the street people who had undergone a long period of starvation.
"It could be good if we could have helped others, but due to financial difficulties and the lack of enough persons to prepare the meals, we couldn't have done so," he told The Gleaner in an interview.
He said the group would be elated if it could also provide shelter and a clean bath for the homeless.
The street people, who are often fed by disparate social entities, have been neglected since Sunday when the security forces clashed with gunmen loyal to suspected crime overlord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.