PRESIDENT OF the Westmoreland Association of Street People (WASP), Barbara Stewart, said the organisation has been given an old structure that sits on the grounds of the Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary to be used as a halfway home for the street people of the parish.
The building, donated by the Westmoreland Parish Council, will cost $1 million to refurbish.
WASP is to provide 50 per cent of the funds, with additional financing to be sought from businesses, and Food for the Poor.
Once operational, the half-way house will provide therapy, medication and counselling. Its patients will also be taught skills in art and craft, sewing and gardening and be involved in recreational activities.
Once stabilised, attempts will be made to have the street people rejoin their families.
