CeCile, Tessanne Chin, Cherine Anderson, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths and Etana are all part of the Sister to Sister programme. A number of leading female entertainers in Jamaica have taken the charity under their wing.

The islands top female entertainers and personalities have joined hands with the Bureau of Women's Affairs and the Women's Centre Foundation to erect shelters for battered women across the island. Proceeds from a media-thon to be held on Sunday April 13 will go towards building shelters as well as towards the Women's Centre Foundation.

 

 

Radio personality Paula Ann Porter is the programme's chairperson; Marcia Griffith and Queen Ifrica are spokespersons while Ce'cile and Etana head the programme's fund raising team.

 

 

The event is being held under the banner of International Women's Day (March 8) under the theme: 'Financing for Gender Equality'. The concert will be staged at the studios of CPTC and broadcast live on various television and radio stations with the target goal being $10 million.

 

 

These entertainers have come on board not only to perform but also to provide motivational speeches on issues that affect young women and men of today.