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‘Always find the opportunity to give back’ - Darrio Prescod
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Road Town Wholesale (RTW) along with Evelyn Wong-Dawson, owner of D'CoalPot BVI Restaurant Bar and Grill and Darrio Prescod, International Brand Ambassador for Mount Gay Distilleries in Barbados collaborated to host a Mount Gay Charity Dinner to raise funds for Family Support Network (FSN).
'Christian Council chose not to be associated with FSN'- Judith M. Charles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- We have all heard the biblical story of the Good Samaritan and how we should be our brother's keeper and one would think that the churches in the Virgin Islands would see the Family Support Network (FSN) as a perfect avenue to exercise that biblical teaching.
FSN’s Dr Sylvia M. Simmons Out! Resigns abruptly for ‘personal reasons’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Family Support Network (FSN) announced today March 2, 2018 that its Executive Director Dr Sylvia M. Simmons resigned “for personal reasons.”
Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds ‘not surprised’ @ recent domestic violence murder
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Family Support Network (FSN) is appealing to women and men who are experiencing especially physical domestic violence to waste no time in getting help as it is the fear that more lives will be lost at the hands of abusers.
FSN pleas for financial support for 2 victims of domestic violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Director of the Family Support Network (FSN) Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds has issued a plea for financial assistance for two women and their children who are victims of domestic violence, to put their lives back on track.
High cost of living forcing women to remain in abusive relationships- FSN Director
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Director of the Family Support Network Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds says society should not judge and come to conclusions when the organisation assists women who are rocking fancy hairdos and nails.
FSN appalled as family of 5 evicted from apartment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A call for persons to know their rights, for the police to insist on persons knowing their rights, as well as the landlords to operate within the proper channels when deciding to evict tenants from their properties, has been made.
FSN gifted by Digicel
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two Digicel executives continued their company’s ‘Get Gifted’ campaign for Christmas on Thursday afternoon, December 15, 2016 when they presented the Family Support Network (FSN) with several non-perishable items, from which families in the community will benefit.
'Men you cannot put your wives out' - Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “We had three persons living in their car. One lady was living in her bathroom…and this is because they said they had nowhere else to go. Sometimes clients are locked out of their homes and can’t retrieve their belongings.”
90% of VI students have witnessed Domestic Violence- Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Domestic Violence has been described as a “real issue” in the Virgin Islands by Director of Family Support Network (FSN) Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds and has called on Government to seriously address the problem.