Working for the inclusion, participation, and empowerment of children with disabilities and special educational needs
Who We Are
The Nathan Ebanks Foundation® (NEF) was founded in 2007 by the parents of a child with disabilities in Jamaica, in honour of their son who at the age of nine months, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
The Foundation is the product of the collective vision of this family’s experience in raising a child with disabilities, and is established on the mission to ensure that all children, particularly children with disabilities and special needs, are included, empowered and supported to access and participate in holistic development - education, intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, creative and spiritual - to release their full potential.
Our Philosophy
At the NEF, we promote the principles that; all persons, of any age, born or living with disabilities, have a fundamental right to access the same resources, care and protection as all their countrymen and that all are equal in their fundamental need and human rights to a dignified life, personal autonomy and freedom to pursue paths to their own development in becoming valued, responsible and well-adjusted citizens in their communities and country”.