Tag: Bonaventure Boys Home

Third teen on run from government home

Third teen on run from government home

| 15/06/2018 | 15 Comments

(CNS): Motesha Mothen (15) has become the third teenager this week to run away from a government children’s home. Mothen, who regularly absconds from the Frances Bodden Girls Home in Bodden Town, attended the John Gray High School yesterday but did not return to the home afterwards and has not been located since. Originally from West […]

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CAYS Foundation Parents Association

CAYS Foundation Parents Association

| 15/06/2018 | 10 Comments

A CNS reader writes: I am a parent of a child in the care of Bonaventure Boys Home. I am actively trying to start CAYS Foundation Parents Association. It’s an initiative that so far has about 8 parents who are willing to join. I believe there is a beautiful power in unity. Parents with two […]

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Police seek help to find second missing teenager

Police seek help to find second missing teenager

| 13/06/2018 | 1 Comment

(CNS): Police are asking for the public’s help in locating missing teenager Taj Yen, who has run away from what is understood to be the Bonaventure Boys Home. Yen, who is 16 years old, was last seen at the West Bay home yesterday, 12 June, at about 10:00am. At the time he was wearing a […]

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Homeowners derail project for troubled kids

Homeowners derail project for troubled kids

| 07/02/2017 | 47 Comments

(CNS): Pressure from property owners in the relatively affluent area of Coral Gables in West Bay has managed to derail the government’s plans to expand the Bonaventure Boys’ Home to house more kids at risk or in trouble as well as a secure remand unit for young people. Last weekend, the minister responsible and other […]

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Work to start on young offenders unit

Work to start on young offenders unit

| 14/01/2017 | 22 Comments

(CNS): The government has said that it is staring work on a long-awaited facility to house young offenders that have been jailed by the courts, which will finally see juveniles separated from adult prisoners. The Cayman government has been breaching its own Constitution for several years because the only facility it had to securely house high-risk […]

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New home helps separate troubled kids from kids in trouble

New home helps separate troubled kids from kids in trouble

| 02/03/2016 | 1 Comment

(CNS): A new wing to accommodate boys at the Frances Bodden Children’s Home shows some progress by the community affairs ministry towards separating children and youths who are in trouble with the law from troubled young people who need a safe place to stay. Government still faces numerous problems regarding appropriate housing of young people […]

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Teenager missing from WB boys home

Teenager missing from WB boys home

| 05/11/2015 | 1 Comment

(CNS) UPDATED FRIDAY: Police say they are still looking for a 16-year-old boy who is a resident at Bonaventure Boys Home in West Bay and has been missing since Wednesday around 3:00pm. Luis Soler is 5’7” and weighs about 185 lbs and was wearing a black polo shirt, black pants, a white t-shirt and black shoes when he […]

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