Curtley Joseph of Portsmouth is 26 years old, the son of Gilford Joseph and Patsy George. He lives in Portsmouth but not many residents know him. Many more know of him but, through no fault of his, he is not a popular person or subject.
His mother Patsy left her son in the care of his grandmother Betsy Peters from age two when Betsy lived in a two bedroom wooden house in lower Glanvillia. Lacking the wherewithall to care for a developmentally disabled child, Betsy sectioned off part of her verandah and kept him there until a fire destroyed the house some time later. Betsy has since built a modern concrete house where she lives.
That Curtley’s life has been a difficult one, is an understatement. He has never been to school, has a solitary friend, eats his own feces and is kept in a cage, something akin to a pigsty in his grandmother’s back yard; There he has survived for the last 10 years with the full knowledge of the authorities. Yes, the welfare division is well aware of the case, to the point that it has taken Betsy Peter, Curtley’s grandmother to court where she was fined in connection with Curtley’s case.
Being severely mentally challenged, Curtley has never spoken. He started walking at a very late stage and on learning to walk became a bit disruptive, pulling items within his reach to the floor and destroying some of them in the process. He developed the habit of eating objects and materials which are supposed to be inedible. This literally landed Curtley in the dog house. A very filthy dog house!
In 2007, in response to Betsy, who has received a stipend of $300.00 per month towards the care of Curtley refusing to continue her role as caretaker, Mr. Martin Anthony of the welfare division arranged for Ms. Mary Laville to take care of Curtley. Now Mary feeds Curtley three times per day, bathes him, cleans his cage, and makes his bed. For that she receives payment of $300.00 from the Welfare Division and $300.00 from Curtley’s father. A grand total of $600.00
Years of living in a cage and being treated as an animal has taken its toll on Curtley and his caretaker believes that he has developed the habit of eating from the floor and eating his feces from the treatment received in his early years when his food was placed at his feet , much like a dog or a pig. Now Mary ensures that she feeds him his entire meal. The penchant for eating his mattress and bed sheets may be explained by years of neglect and hunger.
The image of Curtley’s malnourished frame, distended abdomen, fingers and mouth soiled with feces, behind the bars of his cage are nauseating and simultaneously depressing. His eyes are haunting, peering through the soul, forcing one to question how it is that our society could so easily allow one of its own to be robbed of all human dignity in this manner.
Being severely challenged mentally, and having not received the type of care which would have helped him overcome any bit of the challenge that he faces, He has adopted the habit of barking and prancing like the dogs which are tethered nearby. With the improvement in care he now identifies, relates to and displays obvious emotion towards his new caretaker. He seems happy when she is around.
Two months ago on the advice of Mr. Anthony of the welfare division, the health authorities visited Curtley and taking note of the condition in which he was kept arranged for him to be taken to the Portsmouth Hospital where he was examined and given some medical attention.
In all this Curtley’s mother Patsy has been absent and has broken contact with her mother and her son’s caretaker. His father, Gilford (Peanuts) regularly frequents the area in which he is kept seemingly oblivious to his son’s plight. His grandmother Betsy has been taken to court by the Welfare Division and fined in connection with her guardianship of Curtley.
Moves are on the way to have Curtley removed to a more hospitable location however this is being delayed by among other things, clearance from the health authorities. Given that Curtley is severely mentally challenged, he will definitely need very specialized care at whatever institution which he is relocated to.
Answers must be found to the very profound questions that the case of Curtley Joseph puts to us as a community and a nation. In recent times the Government of Dominica has voiced intention to build a respite centre in the Chance community in Portsmouth. The writer sincerely hopes that the needs of individuals such as Curtley are well catered for.
I have been a bit reluctant to publish this item without some due diligence. That concern quickly went out the window. I forego diligence as I believe that his story must be told immediately if there is the slimmest chance that it may speed relief to Curtley and other forgotten people like him.
This is shocking to me. I can’t understand how his family could be so heartless! I also can’t understand why the Welfare dept couldn’t do do better for him and feel pain in my heart that our society will allow this abuse to go on for 26 years! God have mercy on him.
Sadly, this is not the only case in Dominica. There is a child living in a similar situation in Mahaut. He lives with his mom, stepfather, grandmother, and other siblings, however he is confined to a locked room in the house, where he eats his mattress/bedclothes/feces. The authorities no doubt know about this case, but nothing has ever been done.
For God is my witness i shivered when i read this story,that is a situation that no human being or even animal should be in,we as domininicans should be more loving and not be heartless,we have been through so much struggles,i would think that we would be more loving and caring,I am appaulled by this,i thing that the immediate family the neighbours who seen and know about this sittuation and not do anything about it,they all are to be blamed about it,where is our representaive,this is where the politicians should show their concern for the youths of our country,and not throwing away money out the window,supporting stuff that makes no sense to dominicans,leaders make the right move that will profit our people and most off all our children,because they are the future,and dominicans should learn to come together and stand up for what is right,EVERYTHING IS NOT ALWAYS OK.WHAT A SHAME.
And here I was upset about the children in the streets. This poor young man would be better off in the street, at least people would feed him. After all the bad things, I must say Dominicans are very giving with the little they may have.
Not surprised at all! This is Dominica’s true character – evil. All will face their maker and be answerable for this little one’s plight. ALL.
My heart breaks. Do not blame the family, it is obvious they dont know better. But the system shame shame shame! A nation full of god fearing people what the hell. You can’t see a boy living like a dog in your own back yard? We will all pass judgement and this poor child will have the most jewels in his crown in heaven.
As it is impossible by the way.
what the hell is wrong with the people and the government in dominica . This is terrible and heart breaking .You don’t treat people like that.am madddddd steaming mad…..I think there is too much politics involed in this case u people have to remember your dealing with a human being hear.
there is a similar situation in the viilage of mahaut and the welfare division knows about it and nothing is being done about it my heart goes out to this poor boy some one please help
There is, I can attest to that fact. The child shares a home with his mother, stepfather, grandmother, and siblings and other members of his extended family. He is being kept in a locked room, where he eats his feces, mattress and bedclothes.
Tiny (and anyone else without depth)…if Curtley was exposed to love and proper care there is NO WAY he would have resorted to eating feces!!! Look at him (or should I ignore the photos and wait for a book to be written with all the details) he is MALNORISHED…why dey arse wouldn’t he eat shit!! He’s hungry! Nobody’s stomach protudes in such a fashion and not be malnorished (God forbid!…he hasn’t grown a tumor…which too, was ignored). There is absolutely no excuse for treating ANYONE in that way…onless you’re INSANE!
@bawinician you make absolutely no sense….so i suggest you stay mad and think of things you can do to the ppl if you could lol
@dominican abroad i am not a dominican and where i come from i can gladly say we dont think as small minded and as uneducated as dominicans do….i just happen to know the truth and the family thats why i said pictures can seem more than what it really is….i dont have to explain any further and like i said dont involve me when posting your comments.
@ SNOOKIE, IF YOU MAKE COMMENTS YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO GET A REPLY, DON’T SIT IN OUR COUNTRY/ISLAND AND CALL US NAMES,IF YOU ALL ARE SO EDUCATED, AND INTELLIGENT, WHY ARN’T YOU THERE? AM SURE YOU DON’T KNOW ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR FANTASTIC COUNTRY/ISLAND, AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION! WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT THINGS CAN BE MADE UP, AND BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. K.Y.N.O.T.Y.S. THANK YOU.
Lets see the bigger picture here…Dominicans needs to be trained to deal with children with special needs!! I haven’t read the entire thread but if “ET” can speak of a mother with two disabled daughters – who lived in outhouses (like and with dogs) – and “Sad” speaks of a similar case that he knew of, I am convinced that their are other cases in Dominica, besides Curtley’s. Parents (and ladies of childbearing age)need to be educated! I am from another Windward Island and I have NEVER heard of anyone with a disability being treated in such an inhumane manner. I was so appalled/saddened by this article that I subsequently did research and asked many a question to determine whether I was just ignorant of what was (or had been) happening in my Country. So far, no one (old or middle aged) could attest to any child being subjected to such treatment. This just does not happen in a humane society…where people breath and have hearts!!!! This is beyond words! Forget his immediate family (cause he had NONE)…but how can neighbours or members of his community (whether church-going or not) live peacefully with this knowledge? This speaks clearly to the fact that Curtley’s situation is not isolated and the people of Dominica need to STOP this barbaric behaviour. If a child is born with a disability, understand that there is nothing to be asshamed of. “Justice to be served” asked what the writer is doing or has done to help…(DUH) he/she posted this article thereby attracting the attention of BBC & CNN and everyone else…isn’t that enough for one person (or group of people…who I’m sure aren’t related to Curtley). That’s more than an entire COMMUNITY or his “family” have done for him!!!!! I must say that I agree with “Cyrique”, as I too believe that there are issues of mental health in his family. I also agree with “Ron” who wanted to know what good derived from the State charging the grandmother…CURTLEY WAS STILL LEFT TO EAT FECES IN HIS CAGE! Come on Dominican’s, I’m sure you can do better than that!!! Congratuations (and I should have said this first) to the people responsible for the release this article! May God richly bless you and your families! Dear Jesus, please release Curtley from his anguish.
A lot of whatever you point out happens to be astonishingly appropriate and it makes me wonder the reason why I hadn’t looked at this in this light previously. This particular article really did switch the light on for me as far as this specific issue goes
@LUCKYLILLY EVERYBODY ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION BOUT DONT GET YOU VEX WHO THE F*** IS YOU TO TELL WHAT TO SAY AND DONT SAY…..IM ASSUMING YOU KNOW THE TRUE STORY THATS WHY YOU TALKING OUT YOUR A**. NEXT TIME POST YOUR COMMENT AND DONT INVOLVE ME PLZZ… REDIRECT YOUR ANGER TOWARDS THE CORRECT PEOPLE
Tiny i think that you are sick in your head. I mean there is no ways and means of having any excuse for such treatment. It sounds like you need help as well Tiny.
That is so sad. I cannot believe we are stil living in ignorants. The mother, father, and grandmother should be placed in jail. This is child abuse. Not even a dog we would treat like this. There are no laws in Dominica. This story relly touch my heart because I have children off my own. No matter how they are born you have to love them. God created everyone fairfully and wonderful made. This is shameful…..
I’m from glanvillia but live abroad. every year home and the fater is a sharp boy i now the family very well.the welfare pepole should be jailed. dominica gvrmnt should get the mother home. shame and disgrace.i always knew about the child bcus me n the dad was in sam class.mayb it have more like him
I AM SPEACHLESS HOW SOME PPL CAN B SO HEARTLESS JUST HEARD OF THAT YESTERDAY AND SAID TO MYSELF THAT CANNOT HAPPEN IN DOMINICA. BUT U NO WAT IT DID I WOULD JAIL THE FATHER, THE GRANDMOTHER,THE WELFARE PERSON ON THE CASE AND THE MOTHER TO.I HOPE THEM PPL THERE SUFFER BEFOR THEY DIE
The way i see it , the Mother the Father the Grandmother and all who know about it should go straight to jail. Do not pass go, do not collect $100. This is insane. They need to put the woman in the cage to get a feeling of what it feels like and get her to prance and eat like a dog.
instead of judging the family i think everyone should try to picture themselves or their family being in that situation. atleast he is alive at the age of 26 thats means he is being taken care of one way or the next. its sad how dominicans are so small minded and act so uneducated. all im saying is find out the truth and then post a story. dont believe the hype anybody can take a few pics and make something seem bigger than it really is. how would you feel if someone did this to your family.
Snookie shut the hell up!!!! there is no excuse for such inhumane behaviour. we dont need no more story. a pic is worth a thousand words. You should be ashame of yourself to even put such a comment. Not even people dog they treat like that. At least the dog get out go such for food. the little man had no where to go and his only contact was the dogs that pass by so doh make me vex. Thank God he is alive or they would have buried him in the backyard and no one knows. All the granny had to do is bomb a ride and drop him off at the welfare office at night, so when they come in the morning they will see him there. thats all.As i said before they should put her the cage to eat poo poo and bark so she can get a taste of it. Boy i VEX!!!!!
@SNOOKIE, IT’S NOT A MATTER OF JUDGING THE FAMILY, IT’S A MATTER OF KNOWING WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S WRONG. HOW CAN WE DOMINICANS LIVE IN A SO CALLED CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, SINGING, PRAYING, PRAISING THE LORD, AND DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, I HOPE YOU INCLUDE YOURSELF AS ONE OF THE UN-EDUCATED DOMINICANS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, OH! ADD IGNORANT TO YOUR LIST TO.. AS LUCKYLILLY SAID!! THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS KIND OF INHUMANE BEHAVIOR. WHEN THE GRANDMOTHER WAS SITTING IN HER WALL HOUSE EATING AND DRINKING, SLEEPING IN HER NICE COMFORTABLE BED, AND ACCEPTING THE $300. A MONTH, WHILE HER GRANDSON WAS EATING SHIT IN HER SHED WHERE IS THE JUSTIFICATION AND HUMANITY IN THAT??????????….PLEASE!!!!
@ snooky i guess u feel that u should be praised for your ability to write.but it is obvious to alot of plp u are mad.because from where i sitting i can see a big pink house and an animal cage which is where i guess the boys spends his days.so while you there you there talking bull sh** i my self there thinking on what i would do to these plp if i could
As i initially commented I clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now when a comment is added I get 4 emails with the the same comment. Is there any method you possibly can take away everybody from that service?^# Thanks!
First and formost, if the Welfare Division knew about Curtley situation as stated in the above article, they should be held accountable. At times in society we tend to blame persons and categorized them as “wicked, criminal acts” but one may be surprise to know that ignorance:lack of not knowing at time is the culprit of not doing the right thing…I hope he gets the help that he needs and the family receive knowledge about his disability and how to cope and care for him
the police need to arrest this lady….
i would punish that lady….that is faces they need to show
I THINK TINY IS THE BOY’S GRAND MOTHER IN DISGUISE. IGNORE HER, SHE IS GETTING TOO MUCH ATTENTION. EVIL COW
TINY IS JUST IGNORANT as she sound hope u are barren i cud only imagine what misery ur kids wud be. this is no justification as to how someone shud leave. He is deprived of education, social life & health. But u know what the sad thing is? this things will occur n will continue to occur because the law in dominica is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too weak. they are just gonna give her a sentence of few yrs, one charge and or set a bail. she is lucky as hell she is not in the Virgin islands or the united states everything that she owned will be taken away from her.
BUT SOME HOW IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT he house got burned when she had him on a sectioned off part of her porch and built a concrete and NOOOOOOOOOO ONE knew about it?????? something is not clear.
She would be slapped with Child endandgerment under which the following circumstances are based on:
a. Knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to a child or minor’s
physical, mental or emotional health or safety.
b. By an intentional act or series of intentional acts, uses unreasonable force, torture or cruelty that results in bodily injury, or that is intended to cause serious injury.
c. By an intentional act or series of intentional acts, evidences unreasonable force, torture or cruelty which causes substantial mental or emotional harm to a child or minor.
d. Willfully deprives a child or minor of necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care or supervision appropriate to the child or minor’s age, when the person is reasonably able to make the necessary provisions and which deprivation substantially harms the child or minor’s physical, mental or emotional health.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID JUSTICE, AND IT’S NOT ONLY THAT THE LAW IN DOMINICA IS WEAK! THERE IS NO LAW. THEY PAY THESE PEOPLE TO SIT ON THEIR BACKSIDES IN OFFICE PEDDLING PAPER WORK AND TRYING TO LOOK PROFESSIONAL, THERE IS NO LAW LAID DOWN AS TO WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE IF THESE PEOPLE DO NOT CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES IN A STRICT PROFESSIONAL MANNER. THEY ARE NOT ANSWERABLE TO ANYONE, AS LONG AS THEY SUBMIT A PIECE OF PAPER TO SAY I DID THIS, OR THAT, THEY KNOW NO ONE IS GOING TO CHECK ON THEM AND THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE. THEY CAN GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY SIT AROUND A TABLE EATING AND DRINKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES, AND COLLECT THEIR WAGES/SALARIES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ALL OF THEM SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS, HE IS NOT THE FIRST, AND HE CERTAINLY WONT BE THE LAST, GOD FORBID.
how d hell u can have a child like tht. tht lady beed to die as man
The reason why people pretend not to about this young man, it’s because we are to selfish, we don’t want to know unless it’s something we can benefit from. I bet if this woman was hiding something else in that shed in her back yard, someone would have broken into it to steal.
is there any fund being raised to help Curtley and many other like him?
Fund his mother is in StThomas she need to come and look after her child she better hide for is immigration on her she out there flashing her self and acting like she cannot come and trow a eyes on her child well she will be back soon DA for the brute now is her turn to stay in the dog house.
i agree with lcm this is a horrific story which we can sit and discuss or disguss for the total lack of respect for a living soul…but what does that do? we all who are here and concerned should lend our voices to ensure this changes.we need to call the radio programes and our representatives and find out what can be done….we should never let up….
To all the folks reading this and making comments. Ask yourself the most important question ” what am i going to do to see that this does not happen to anyone again and how can we change the negative culture and mentality towards the mentally and physically handicap in our communities”
@ tiny,you fooling yourself.if betsy was staying so many hours away from home that would mean that she left very early in the morning and come home late at night just when its time to go to bed.so what time of day or night did she fed her dog
THANK YOU TO THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT THIS OUT. EXPOSE THE NONSENSE!
IF SOMEBODY KNOWS THIS WOMAN ASK HER
… DID YOU SING TO YOUR CHILD LIKE A MOTHER. DID YOU EVEN CARRY THIS CHILD!!! MY GOD DID YOU EVER BREAST FEED THAT CHILD????
BIBLE VERSE: CAN A WOMAN FORGET HER SUCKLING CHILD?
I HOPE THE PICTURES AND HIS CRIES HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE.
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS.
This cannot be the doings of a human being. In dominica? My GOD! Does she sleep at night at all? how do any of them sleep?!?!? this is outrageous. I hope this crime is dealt with. this is a crime against humanity! THIS PRIMITIVE BEHAVIOR IS BY A FAMILY MEMBER IS MIND BOGLING.
Not here in the united states. God bless this country, here you get charge or jailed for marely kicking a dog. TREATING A LIVING BREATHING HUMAN BEING LIKE THIS
???? This crime should not and NEVER GO UNPUNISHED. THEY SHOULDN’T EVEN HAVE TO TRY THIS FAMILY.
YOU DO NOT WANT THE CHILD GIVE HIM UP! MY GOD! I HAVE SEEN WORSE IN STATE OF “HANDICAPPED”,HECK I’VE SEEN PEOPLE TAKE IN HANDICAPPED ANIMALS. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OUTRAGED. GOD BLESS THIS YOUNG MAN. IMAGINE HOW LONG HE HAS BEEN LIVING LIKE THIS. OMG
NO LIVING BREATHING BEING SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE THIS AT ALL.
HEART BREAKING TO THE G!
Lets hope that there is not another Curtley out there. If u see something say something, or do something. We are all responsible for these children; it takes a village. “Whatever u do to the least of my brother, u do unto me.”
It is very sad to say that there are many more like Curtley. I personally know of someone in my area; we have informed the authorities and yet nothing has been done. I really need to know what the health/wealth system is doing about situations like this. I am humbly awaiting a response from the right authorities, please I’m asking.
THIS STORY IS SO,SO, SAD. TO THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE THIS SORT OF THING IS HAPPENING ON OUR ISLAND, AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING ABOUT. IT’S NOT THE GRANDMOTHER THAT’S AT FAULT, EVERYONE WHO KNEW ABOUT IT AND DID NOTHING IS EQUALLY AT FAULT.
TAKING CARE OF A DISABLE CHILD, WHETHER PHYSICAL.OR MENTAL IS A EXTREMELY HARD AND CHALLENGING JOB,AND AS THEY GET OLDER EVEN MORE SO. IF THIS GRANDMOTHER FOUND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKING CARE OF HER GRAND SON WAS BEYOND HER ABILITY, SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND TELL THEM SHE IS NOT IN A POSITION TO CARE FOR HIM AND LEAVE HIM THERE, NOT TREAT HIM LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.
AS FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN’S PARENTS WHO KNEW OF HIS SITUATION AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT THEY SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR NEGLECT AND CRUELTY. AM SURE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE, NOR IS IT ONLY HAPPENING IN PORSTMOUTH, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE OTHERS COME TO LIGHT. @ TINY! I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANY SANE PERSON SPOUT SUCH IGNORANT, ILLITERATE RUBBISH. YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT IF YOU HEARD A MAN RAPE, OR SEXUALLY MOLEST A CHILD YOU WOULD TURN AROUND AND SAY HE DIDN’T TO FALL ON-TOP OF THE CHILD, IT WAS A ACCIDENT. ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM SOME SORT OF BRAIN DAMAGE, . :
that grand mother is wicked send her to court and take the boy away froom her
while we spend money on our cars,blackberry & so on lets help this poor child God will bless our country for doing this favor.
How could the people of the town sit by and let this child go through this hell.Where are the members of the village council the mayor of Porstmouth SHAME on you all. A human being especially a child that cannot care for themself should’nt have to go through that I SAY SHAME ON THE DOUGLAS FAMILY this is in your back yard and you all want to take care of DOMINICA SHAME……..
Dear Writer,
I have read your comments,
It is not the fault of the Douglas Family. It is all of us fault, We have to look at ourselves and say if we knew we would have helped in whatever way we posible can. I grew up in Zicack, we had several aiunts as we come from a very large family ad I recalled all our aunts and uncles helped us in whatever way we can whilst our parents were away in the UK.
Please donot cast stones. Look again at our selves I say if we knew this was taking place right under our noses and could have done better we would.
In life we all have to learn and let us learn from this and make sure this donot happened to anyone in Dominica , whether, man, children, and women again.
WHEN WE REFER TO THE NEXT LEVEL,THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.WHY,WHY,WHY,SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, YES SOMETHING HAPPENING.WHAT IS HAPPENING IS A $27,000 STATE PALACE FOR THEM FELLARS TO FIRE THEIR GROUG EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AND BATH IN THEIR CHINESE SWIMMING POOL.
i honestly thought i’d never hear of this in Dominica. I’ve done this in college abd this is of great surprise. heartfelt sympathy goes out to him. i hope that efforts are done to make his life much better. i’ll pray for him
no one should blame Betsy cause all her life she tried her best she had to handicapped children to look after plus another child how could she take care of all this the one to blame is the mother who just abandonned her son and the dad who living high life and have big kids he could have taken care of his son others to blame the wellfare officers they don’t do nothing to hep kids or youths they knew the kid were there togather with certain people of the governement and they never said nothing they were even visiting him why now all of a sudden they want to take betsy to court that’s shit actually this article was posted as a political issue when it’s not they don’t really care about the situation dominicans will never change no wonder they’re like dogs every where they step
All I want to know is where is the child now?and if he get the help he wanted.
i kno dominica hav wicked pple ino…she canna take care of d man put him somewhere in d hospital or something nuh man…how u can have a human being barking like a dog! come on man she doe have feelins??? anyways need less to say he looks like movado…LMAO
JAILED ALONE IN THAT CASE I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO TO THAT LADY………..AWWWWW
POOR CURTLEY SO LONG AND NOW THEY FOUND HIM WHEN WELFARED KNEW OF THIS SITUATION
ITS A VERY SAD SITUATION
DOMINICANS NEED TO OPEN THEIR EYES CAUSE ITS HAPPENING RITE HERE IN DOMINICA
SO SAD i
cried SO MADLY LIKE IT WAS MY CHILD WHO WAS SO MAL TREATED
and shame on those who knew about the situation.
this is sad
There needs to be a serious investigation into the Welfare Department.Were they just giving money and not finding out about the welfare of the child. The whole Welfare dept should be fired. Those who are innocent should be re-hired. This is rediculous. How can this go on for so many years in such a small community.
This does not speak well for the country.
Shame.
Ok DNO ya’ll stole that story from the Positive Vibrations website…why cant ya’ll be original?????…after allu gone put underneath the story this material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or distributed…smh
ADMIN: What are you talking about? The story was sent to us by the author of the article with his express permission to use it. If you have an issue with that look under the story, see the name of the author and contact him.
Admin, wow, this place has an admin. Yes, this is Possie Vibrations. Now that I know that you actually read the posts on your site, I might as well take the opportunity to post something that you will see. Let’s hope that this was not just a one time read and you will actually see this post.
Why don’t you tell your readers how you got this article? Yes, tell them the investigative work you put into it? How many man hours and how many sleepless nights doing the research? Who broke the story to you and whom did you assign as a writer? Yes, prove to your reading public how you have earned the rights to post a copyright notice under this article.
By the way, do you know Betsy, Patsy and the caretaker? Do you know the house, the neighbourhood, and the neighbours? Do you care about Curtley and his family? Do you really care? Oh sorry for asking, I forgot that you are in the news business and are not supposed to be emotionally attached to a story.
Now listen, and listen well. Possie Vibrations is not in the business of sensation, nor are we a news outfit ready to use the next unsuspecting victim as a means of generating readership, followers or a quick buck. Possie Vibrations is a community organization. We highlight issues in our community with the only objective being the finding of solutions.
We at Possie Vibrations feel insulted by your comments in the post to which I am replying. We also would like to use your medium to inform you that Dominica News Online DOES NOT have a the right to place a copyright notice under this story. In the future, any reprint of any original document appearing on Possie Vibrations website without the express permission by Possie Vibrations will not be treated so lightly. Possie Vibrations also believe that you owe the family of Curtley an apology for allowing unmoderated filth and venom to be spewed at them by some of your readers.
Ok IDIOTS: Since as you come back for. The copyright notice on the article is something that we are trying to change. We are currently doing a new design whereby the copyright notice only show on original material like it does on bvinews.com, which was only done a few weeks ago. Currently, the site does not have the capability to have copyrights show on originals only. As a result, it shows on all articles.
That said, ya’ll are some petty idiots. And what apology we owe to family? What did we sensationalise? Did we edit the story to sensationalise it? How we got the article? The freaking credit is given to the person who wrote it and the source of where he originally sent it, you idiots. Why don’t you go play with yourself? At so early in the morning – days after the article is posted – you want to make an issue out of nothing. I am 100% sure you have Ashton’s number. DNO has never laid claim to the article. The article’s author credit is NOT Dominica News Online.
It burns you because your site don’t have 10% the amount of traffic we got. Be happy the young man is getting help.
Well next time do not take it lightly. I am waiting.
FROM MR ANDREWS
possy vibration sh((.so y hasn’t possie vibration done something about this boy. Possie vbrations are fully aware of kutley’s life and did nothing, so don’t try to bring down DNO..If it wasn’t for DNO kutley would still be eating sh** and sheet so shut up and be happy for kurtley. you feel bad the fact that possy vibration did nothing and now the problem is being taken care of. Thanks to DNO for publishing. U talking but DNO not doing invetigative work. but damn, you r possie vibration so how is that u did not investigate. how is that the boy was still eating s**t and sheet and u call urselves possie vibration. what u vibrating on. eh? look within urself and do something bout this possie vibration and stop criticizing DNO. DNO u doing a gr8 Job thanx for informing us and now the child is happier, i will b playing my part, now that DNO has made it known and thanx to the person who wrote to DNO. all those years and people in the area knew about it and said nothing..even possie vibration knew and did nothing. HAts off to DNO
Roy, why did you even answer those idiots! For the good of a fellow Dominican, Ashton Riviere sent us an article he wrote, so people can see what’s going on with the young man, and all these termites are barking at is that we stole article. How the hell did we “steal”. Why don’t you retards ask a freaking question BY EMAIL and solicit A PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE before trying to find answers on this blooming message board? If it is stolen why don’t you send your police or lawyer to come fetch. Silly petty set. If you want an unprofessional response do not use the email provided to members of the public to seek answers to their questions. Either that, or the trash bin on this site will be your comment’s new home.
And this is coming from MERRICK ANDREWS, the real admin.
WE DON’T CARE WHERE THE NEWS CAME FROM FIRST, THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION POSITIVE VIBRATION. WE ARE JUST HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING ON THIS SAD, SAD, SITUATION, AND HOPING IT WILL BRING OTHERS TO LIGHT.
yet another opportunity for duminican to vent stupidity. britbob and tiny where is the justifciation???? if they didnt want the child all they had to do is give him to welfare. can’t believe some of these responses. there is no reason to treat a human like that. and 4 all those justifying i hope u get into a situation where u will remeber what u wrote hear n regret
jesus Christ zor paca tan…..welfare don’t want the child…………he is too much work…. you people really believe welfare don’t know about this child…..i know an individuals with a kid who is severely mentally challenged she is a lot of work…her parent have been trying for years and years to get her daughter in a facility….they not taking her….she is too much work… i guess this story is on the internet now so they will be forced to take hm to feed him sleeping pills and tranquilizers.
WELFARE SHOULD SEND PEOPLE ABROAD TO TRAIN AND LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH EXTREME MENTAL/PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
Ok this came out last week, any progress has been made in this man’s situation? Its great that we voice our opinions and feelings about this situation and that does help push the people that are suppose to be responsible to step up, but what can we do, what have we done other than speak on it. Where are the community organizers etc, can we start something to help this young man? Who is willing to donate their time, money, talents to help????
Curtley’s story can be considered a tip of the iceberg here in Dominica, and it really exposes our very deep deficiencies in child protection/welfare services on the island. It shows an even greater lack in the health system generally.
Curtley story is gross, it’s hard to digest, it is heart wrenching, but I can assure you that he is not alone out there. Many vulnerable and special needs children are going through similar experiences in Dominica.
The underlying problem is, alot of these health/mental issues can be detected very early in pregnancy. By the time that child is born, there have to be some sign idicating that all is not well with that child. We have become very sophisticated, alot of breakthroughs in medicine makes early detection of alot of these problems possible. I think our system should be designed in such a way, that follow ups become mandatory, and the specialized services should be available to assist parents when they unfortunately give birth to a special needs child.
Some parents handle it well, some can manage financially, some are intelligent enough to seek help, but what about those that do not fit into the category of any of the above. The parents are not the ones who suffer most, the children do.
Therefore I think the system has to be organized in such a way to ensure that the interest of children are ALWAYS protected.
Of course this is going to take some serious injection of cash, people need to be trained, and facilities need to be built and the system needs to be put in place, but isn’t it worth it? Are we going to stand a aside as a christian country and allow our less fortunates to fall among the cracks like these.
Children with special needs have rights and they too deserve to be cared for and loved, and caring and loving for them should not entirely depend on whether a parent is willing or is able to. Government has a moral responsibility to ensure that every citizen is treated humanely and that medical care is given to all who are in need, this is the greater good my friends that we talk about all the time.
I am sure Curtley can be made to function as human being do, by disposing of his faeces, finding ways to communicate and doing things he would enjoy. In 2011, where are our occupation therapist and psychologist, and physchiatrist and physical therapist, and counsellors….etc……where are they?
Have they skipped country and gone on to greener pasturues after maybe sending in several application for employment only to be told that there is none. A friend of mine returned from studies with a degree in psychology, she was offered a job as a typist in the ministry. She has since left and is taking care of vulnerable kids in another Caribbean country.
Something she was looking forward to doing in her own country.
My friends, we sit and talk and politicize and protect and defend, but the writing is on the wall. If Curtley story doesn’t tell us that something is terribly wrong in our country what else will?
I wish at this time to really request that DNO keeps us updated of this young man’s situation.
I am awaiting some type of positive news in that regard, and it better be sooner than later.
God help Dominica!!!
Let me just make my post abit clearer, the same way that government have a responsibility to provide for the poorest among the poor, and to ensure every child goes to school whether the parent can afford or not, its responsibility doesn’t stop there.
Government must also ensure that sick, mentally ill, vulnerable, special needs, as you wish to categorize it, these children must be provided for, irrespective of whether the parents cannot afford or the parents do not want to do it.
Based on the story, the welfare division is well aware of the situation….so government is not in the oblivion of that child’s situation.
Government again I will say has a responsibility to care for the vulnerable, the abuse children that continue to be placed in the same abusive situations with no way of escape, we do not do enough as a people to help those who are unable to help themselves.
I hope that by Curtley’s story, the government and policy makers realize that caring for vulnerable children doesn’t begin nor stop in Jimmit. Alot of work has to be done and we need to really start moving quickly because this is hurting our socieity, hurting the future of our country and the publicity for our country is shameful.
I am not saying that Ma Betsy, Patsy or whoever is not guilty of evading their responsibility, they cannot and should not be cleared of that charge, but taking a person to court for abusing a child does not stop the abuse, which means that this child has to be removed from those persons care. And that child future safe haven should not depend on the good conscience of the next door neighbor, government has a responsibility to provide a safe, caring home for that child.
He is 26, if he maybe could make a cross, politicians would have found him, so why forget him now?
You are right on target.. Good will come out of this. Curtley’s silence will be a voice for others like him.
To think that people could actually be sleeping on any given night in that pink house and the young man was in that condition? This is sick, abhorent and an abomination in the sight of God all those who of his condition including the welfare division and turned a blind eye will PAY FOR IT!!!
and OBVIOUSLY tiny is an idiot. no doubt he is related to betsey in some way or is mistreating a handicapped child of his own and feels guilty. stop responding to him so he can stop posting his ignorance
a fine of $300??? betsey should be jailed. and all those who tryna defend betsey this is HER FAULT! if when he was only 2 and 3 and four she had persisted with human contact and love he would not be this way today. look at his abdomen. he is severely malnourished.
and the person who talking about the cases like this in canefield and other places should EXPOSE it too!!!
Everything is mother alone? like she got pregnant by herself. I feel for this child but the fathers also have to play their role. Mothers will always take blame but the fathers are equally guilty. Mother is unable? fathers take over and stop blaming grandmothers. God bless this lady who is now taking care of him. Mom and dad repent and you can start a fresh relationship with your son today.
Like the article said, the father makes visits. At LEAST he makes visits. The mother completely abandoned the child. I’m not making excuses for the father, they all are to blame.
Some people are sying that the grandmother did all she can. Well I am saying that she did not and she is very wicked. Evilness only that will make someone treat another person like an animal.
I started walking late and my mother left me with my grand mother while she was in working and living in Roseau. My Nana never treated me like an animal.
Where is his mother? Some women have children and they should not have. The mother did not know that she had a child. Did that fact passed from her mind, did she forget? Where was she? A loving mother would never abandon her child like that.
ok i just scrolled down a while ago and read a comment ………..some people claim that the lady has the strength to take care of the child because she is learning to drive and she sells vegetables at a stall.she stands for 12 hours?..that must be one busy stall… how can you compare those things to taking care of a handicapped child you idiots…..I’ve seen sick people standing at cashiers….I’ve seen handicapped people working as cashiers because they need to work they need the money…..would you hire a sick handicapped individual to take care of a handicapped kids who needs a lot of attention? stupid stupid people
i meant standing at cash registers( sick people working as cashiers almost bent over in pain but working)
girl is not just because is your grandmouther you should think so all you so should be jailed for the boy how are we sure he use to eat on time when she was selling all day eh tell me in your ass.
Ok Tiny, you should just call yourself Betsy. You must be either Betsy or her representative. Its no use hiding behind the name Tiny. Just come out plain and say it.
The grandmother did her part, stop blaming the lady. Where is the child father? He in his big mason with his family, not studing the boy. why is only now he want to give money? ma Betsy, you did your best, maybe u could have done a little more.the father was too ashame of his child now he coming like big bowcha? Peanut stop being ashame of your flesh and blood. Men again.
Ah magwaysa…tears in my eyes. SMH.
From the Possie Vibrations Facebook page….. “We at Possie Vibrations believe that the best way to build our community is by harnessing all this energy and converting it into something positive. Shame on all of you who are disrespecting the caretaker and family of Curtley. You actions make you no different from them. Shame on Dominica News Online. You have allowed a sensitive story which appeals to the humanity in all of us to become a “Bef la lajay”, “Zafe Moun”, “Laou Taou” scenario.” …. personally, I couldn’t agree more.
Woah!! Something about this reminds me of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre’.
I just realized that most of you INTELIGENT? people on here actually believe that this boy has been living in this hut for all his life….come on people think …..I think this lady loves her grandson and she made the painful decision to put him out In that hut when she realized that she no longer had what it took….She no longer had the PHYSICAL strength to take care of him..…. she probably was no longer able to keep the house clean and odourless….I believe he lived in the house with her for most of his life
This young man requires a lot of care and this is the number one reason why the few institutions we have won’t take him or others like him …. this is common sense…..the workers already have their hands full ….and they don’t want to add someone who is going to move around the place and create havoc ….he will require too much attention!!!!! These employees are already overworked and he will probably end up being neglected or abused there anyways .yes a lot of abuse goes on at these facilities too( and (I’m not saying those in Dominica ok dno) …mainly because the workers have way too much work than they can handle… You people need to stop
he will probably be put in a cradle depending on how tall he is and he will probably climb out of it so what do you think will happen next……you people really need to shut up……shut up and stop abusing your children ….stop hitting them with belts and whips…stop punching them…stop cursing at them and have patience with them…discipline them in the right manner …seek help if you don’t know how too
I will say it again …..Most of you on here would not have the patience to raise this boy…. to take care of him while his mother and father are free and relaxed and no other family member is pitching in to help except for that 300 that his father decided to give and I wonder at what point did he start assisting the grandma financially …you would have already posted him to his mother or father……………wicked people…one of you guys on here should take him…let him come live with you….and you will see how it’s EASIER SAID THAN DONE
You people just sit and read a story and talk like kids…you believe that everything is clear as black and white …there are no grey/complicated areas….oooh life is so simple….is this the reason why crime is increasing in Dominica? Because life is so simple…. Because parenting is so simple….. Is this why the prison is always filled… just give a child blows and he will obey …he will not end up living a life of crime…
Why don’t his grandmothers just do this? Why doesn’t she just do that? ….well why aren’t your kids obedient…why are they committing crimes? Why are they getting pregnant in their teenage years??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Shut up fools
his grandmother works for a living as one person stated on here….and they say that she hunts down a man(maybe her lover) what’s wrong with that, some women still have urges later in life…..so every body on here who criticize please lend a helping hand
MOST O DOMINICANS SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR CHILD ABUSE
I think u are seeking publicity because all that u have said on here makes no snese watsoever. When u say most dominicans should b in jail for child abuse, on what grounds do u say this? Are you even Dominican?
Maybe on the grounds that he or she abuse his or her child.
TINY U HAVE ISSUES
I WILL PRAY FOR U
JAIL IS TO GOOD FOR YOU TINY, YOU ARE A VERY, VERY DISTURBED PERSON. GET THE HELL OUT OF DOMINICA IF WE ARE SO BAD, PSYCHO.
I am a mother and had that child been mine I would have the patience to look after him. No one said life is easy. If that child had even been left in my care without relations I would look after the child better than that. that is a basic human compassion that is required. Where is your heart to realise that it is a person that you look after? You train the child up young wven children who are mentally challenged learn certain things that in inhumane and inexcusable and to even make an excuse that it is not easy is worse. I would inprison all in there for gross neglect and torture. The mother needs to be held questionable so does the father and grandmother and all living in the house. Some people just do not have a heart. What goes around comes around. God is not a police. He will give them their just reward.
You need help in more ways than one. Call your shrink.
dion you better behave your self think about if it was you.
Tiny, i am convinced you have a mental disarrangement. You are so confused. I wouldnt be surprised if you have a part to play with this. You need to be admitted. And stop calling people fools, the only fool i see here is you, for talking nonesense. you need to read over your comment and take a hike.
child please there is no excuse for child abuse.now you making sound like i a dam politicion
I have read many negatives about Dominica and I have ignored them for the most part, but this, made my stomach turn. I don’t remember reading anything that makes me less proud of my homeland. This is truly disgraceful.
where do you live?is it in mars
In such circumstances that boy/man should be removed for m that cage immediately. Whats the point of paying $300 for his upkeep, only for him to remain in that cage. Its like treating someone with Tubercolosis and sending thme back to the same damp environment. The main aim here is to improve his health/ living conditions on what basis was the descision taken and what was the welfare division hoping to achieve?
ok seious ting d fada payin 300.00 dollars a month welfare payin 300.00 dollars a month wtf d gran moda doin wit allthe money d man doh have to be in dat condition dere dats why portsmouth people will not like me but i iterd tell dem i doh care dey tooo dam wicked 26 f*******n years that is half of your life gone livin like dat wat d hell we have a pallrep for wat we have government for wat we have welfare for police ???? people no bout dat an dey stay quiet dey more wicked dan d granmoda chupzzzzzzzz
So instead of paying $300, father please take your child and put at your home and care for him or if you want pay somebody to come care for him at home. The parents are to be blamed here…….. no one else!
I agree 100%..that’s exactly what I thought, other than the 3 meals a day…there isn’t much improvement from how his grandmother tried to cope with his disability…he’s still in a shack and from the looks of it there is no wash room…it look like the floor is just plain dirt..let me tell you I’m in tears …this is just painful man…
Its monday morning, we’ve all read the news, some of us knew about it before and some of us are shocked beyond belief. I want to know if today is business as usual in Portsmouth or if today is the day of action to rescue this young man. whats the plan? Everybody in authority should be arested for this crime against human dignity, Everybody!!!!
How does a human being become as low as a dog? Whatever curtley did was through no fault of his own. I can understand that the grandmother, alone, had a very difficult responsibility to raise this child. However, to subject a child to such despicable and degraded conditions for so long is never an option. Regardless of whether or not there are facilities to accomodate children of his mental state, this certainly should not have happened. Our welfare system is a DISGRACE! The guardians and parents of this child are a DISGRACE! Any other persons who kept silent whilst aware of the state of this child, you are a DISGRACE! If a concerted effort had been made to help curtley through proper medical care and treatment, when he was yet a little boy, his mental capacity would have progressed onto levels atleast closer to that of normal behaviour. Thus, the animalistic image observed today would never be. There is no excuse for the offensive actions taken by curtley’s family. Should a man be condemned to a life of misery because of his disabilities? Should he be lowered so much that he could be comparable to worthless beasts? Must a man be forgotten and left to live in deplorable conditions because society, through no fault of his own, has failed to uphold his humanity? Where are our human rights activists? Humanitarians? Health care providers? Professionals? Is this the best that Dominica can do?! A filfthy cage?! MAGWEH SAH!
Ayelass this is heart breaking but I refuse to judge Betsy eh…is Patsy his mother that’s the criminal here for abandoning her helpless…helpless child…This story just broke my heart…If I had just seen his photo I would have thought is some Ethiopian child that…I understand is no easy thing caring for a person with his condition but everyone failed him…his parents…the Welfare system..neighbours …every damn body…
Mrs. Claus,
Thank you for not being judgemental. As family I never knew Cutley existed. As stated before I have contaced Roslyn.
Nennen (Betsy) has a part to play as it is her daughter Patsy child. I am stating two wrongs donot equal to any form of rights.
As stated by alot of people that everyone failed him, was each and evevryone aware of the circumstances?
Thanks again for being kind and not Judgemental.
Portsmouth – London Based
does that mean that people in the community knew that child was in a cage
we talk about so many little things how could people accept and keep quiet about some thing like that
most people didn’t know that he even existed. The few that did had no idea he was in that condition. See how the yard is blocked off???
this sick sick sick :oops:……… everyone who knew about this should be penalised, that includes the welfare division because he should not be kept in this cage from the moment they found out. With knowledge of this i dont know how can ppl live comfortable with themselves unless they are reprobates
We really need and institution in DA for people like Curtley who are so physically and mentally challenged that they cannot be easily handled by their parents. We need people who are trained in these areas also who will be able to take care of them. How could the welfare department know about this child and still allow him to live in a cage? That is dusgusting shame on all involved.
lord please help curtney and the ohter people that are mentally challenge.guide and protect them and bless them
There is a special place in hell for his mother and grandmother. And YES We Care. is that how we care
The family and caretaker of Curtly operated in ignorance. They probably thought that since the government authorities accepted the situation and conditions then things must be ok.
The Welfare Division who are supposed to be the PROFESSIONALS in such situations just threw $300 dollars in the direction of the family and turned their backs. The Welfare division management team must be held accountable and Curtley must be removed from this situation immediately and placed in proper care that the family and caretaker are unable to give.
OH MY GOD! i CANNOT BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE. I KNEW OF THAT CHILD BUT I NEVER KNOW OF THIS SITTUATION OR EVER SEEN HIM. WE ARE SAME AGE ( I WOULD HAVE JAILED EVERYONE IN THE PINK HOUSE IN GLANVILLIA ) HOW WICKED CAN THESE PEOPLE BE…IF THEY WERE IN UK OR USA THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN JAILED… IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE. THIS IS A BLATANT REUSAL TO DO ANYTHING ELSE…….NEVER MIND THE ACT THAT THE GRAND DAUGHTER (DION) WHO IS 1 YEAR YONGER THAN HIM IS IN THAT SAME HOME AND SO F***ING COPA WAYZON!!! (excuse my language) BOI BOI BOI…..MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEIR SOULS ON JUDGEMENT DAY!!!!!!
I am really hurt and disturded by this, I see the mother of this child everyday, a happy woman, how can she be aware that this is happening to her child and look so happy?
She have a right to be happy because she doh have to be anbawasay with the child. they need to post her back to D/A
Extremely heart breaking ! Could not hold back the tears . DNO please keep us updated , Hope this does not fade away like most things do after a few days . Would like to contribute to the care of this young man . He needs proper care and better living conditions ASAP !
@ Admin:
Does the Association for People with Disabilities (DAPD) have a list of all disabled persons in Dominica? If so is Curtley on that list?
Also, is this the place where I can make a donation for Curtley and others like him in need?
Has anyone set up a legitimate Curtley fund yet?
Thanks for your non-biased journalism.
The whole of Glanvilla should have to pay for what happen to that child, the parents, especially the Father, should apy big time, and the grandmother that there collecting money well…….
Well I am from Glanvillia, I am in no way responsible for this situation. For you information, there are people living in the same area that knows nothing about the condition the young man was living in. The lady yard is fence all around. Some people may have known of the disabled child but not in my wildess dreams would I think or imagine that was the condition he was living in. People like myself thought the child was inside the lady house like any normal person would have done. Stop putting blame where it not supose to be. Blame Betsy, patsy, welfare division and all who had knowledge of this situation and did nothing but don’t generalise and assume all glanvillia people know because as i said, this story was a surprise to us like it was to you.
amen to that Rightgeous
You need to be corrected you cannot blame glanvilla on a whole there are many young children who do not know of his existence and can do nothing about it
You stupid man!! you doh hearing a lot of people doh know about the chile. hush ur mouth man.
lets all bash the family for the neglet ,but let praise mary all the same for her caring heart .MAY GOD BLESS YOU MARY FOR YOUR LOVE TOWARD THIS INNOCENT VICTIM
MARY???? CARING HEART?…CARETAKER?…..ALL YOU WILL SEND ME CRAZY HERE……MARY’S JOB IS TO CARE-TAKE…..BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT POCKETING THE $600….AND BEING PRESENT AT PETER AND PAROKE…. THERE IS NO REASON THIS BOY/MAN SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE CALLING CAR-TAKER WHEN HE IS STILL IN THIS SITTUATION……SHE SHOULD HAVE REPORTED THEM AND INSIST THAT HE IS REMOVED FORM THAT PLACE……..(i can see him form outside… so what happenes when it rains) MY GOD YOU PEOPLE ARE SICK TO EVEN TRY TO UPHOLD THAT SHI**…
LOVE?..IS THAT IS LOVE, THEN I WOULD RATHER HATE ANY DAY!!!
ALAS! NO human being deserves to be treated this way. Not even animals deserve to be treated this way. May Jehovah deliver this young man from this terrible situation.
if these people r being paid by welfare to take care of this boy they should carry some of the blame. because too many times they dont go back to check on the welbeing of the child/ren concern. but shame on these people they and the persons who knows about it and say nothing should all be held accountable
i know this child from a baby and i held this child.He was a vey very handsome child and i can tell you patsy never never ever love that child.All she cared about about was going after peanuts and tessa evry night she would hunt him down..Her mother tried for a little while but she gave up and all involved should be arrested.They knew exactly what the child was going through..why oh why she did not take him to the hospital years ago and leave him there,someone would have adopted him.She have more kids they should be taken from her to..Granvilla people you shhould be ashame..when he visited the hospital didn’t the doctors notice?..it is all about thier money…some heads needs to roll and some needs to get fired.those in authority who allowed this to happen for so long need to be sent up in stockfarm to…dam disgrace,shame shame shame on all of you.I hope someone can set up a fund raising drive in some bank or something for this child,he need attention an needs it fast…i want to donate.
I wonder why is only now you want to ‘donate’…you held him from baby. Your conscience never pricked you???
he was not in a cage when he was a baby and if i was in the position i would have taken him i was a child have u ever thought of that and i was not from portsmouth i was just spending time in granvilla when i met his mother went by her a night and saw the way she reacted with the child.
SO WHY DIDNT U BRING THE SITUATION TO OTHER PEOPLE?..YOU ARE JUST AS GUILTY.
Why should glanvillia people be ashamed? They were not the ones responsible for the child, they had no knowledge of the child’s living condition, maybe you should blame yourself because you said you are very familiar with the child and his situation, up to the point where you actually use to hold him in your arms. Did you ever inquire of his welbeing after you left? if you had care as much as you wants us to belive now, you would have so stop blaming people who may not even know of the existence of the kid.
As a lawyer i think these people should be punished , the mother,the father,the grandmother and those who lived with her who knew about this situation, the welfare officers should never tolerate this how can you all accept the fact that she have a child living in a cage? this is absurd a handicapped child is a human being no one should neglect a child like that this just make me mad and all these fools that saying what else could she do thats stupid i don’t think no lawyer should have the guts to defends these people
If you are an attorney, as you claim, then its a sad day for the legal proffession in Dominica. Much is required of your writing skills. Probably you were just rushing to get this post on. in future please pay a little more attention to subject verb agreement, especailly when you decide to call yourself a lawyer. Thanks
I think not only the grand mother should be punished also the mom who lives else where and abandonned her son and those who knew about this situation meaning those who were living with the grandmother these people don’t deserve to live i mean it’s really sad as a future lawyer these people need to be punish they need to feel what this boy went through all throughout his life this is unbelievable to see that human beings act this way no animal act this way with their loved one a handicapped child is still a human being if she knew she could not take care of him she should ask help to the governement
I knew about the boy long time ago, but I left DA and never heard anything about him again, all I knew was he could not walk so they had him on the veranda. But what I find when you have a child that can not walk, it is possible that they pull objects down, just as an infant learning to walk, but if you put them in a cage and then they start to walk and not out in the open they will always become like the movie George of the jungle, especially when they lack cognitive reasoning. All they should have done was put him out when he start to walk, now and then so he will be exposed to a little sunlight, be able to stretch his limbs, so all now he would not be like a dog maybe he use to be hungry (we doh know) because these type of children consume a lot, so being empathetic, when you are being deprived of food you will consume what ever in reach in order to saticefy yourself. And again he should also be dressed and released from the cage daily to get a little physical exercise. All the other people living in the house should also be jailed for involvement of negligent-abuse because I sure they use to eat when they want and dress up to go sewo
“So very sad to hear about this story! I did a workshop not to long ago with a doctor and author who worked on reabilitation with a young boy who was raised like a dog in a cage as well. The boy was severely mentally deprived. Doctors had kept records over a period of years and noted his brain actually shrunk, but were unsure of the cause. The doctors nor social workers knew he was being kept in deplorable conditions, his caretaker would clean up all traces before they would make visits. Because this young boy didn’t have an environment in which he was able to grow developmentally it caused brain retardation ( shrinkage). However today he is functioning at a higher level than anyone ever thought possible! The book is called the boy who was raised as a dog. “
reading this article is one of shame and outright madness; the family has failed Him; and the welfare department has failed him. this poor child known him form birth when his mother was pregnant; no human being should be treated that way, much less the disable.Please take that child away from the case he has suffered enough; thank God for miss laville, but he belong in an institution not a cage: The Goverment of our country must wake up, we are in the 21st century; we need help to build places for our homeless, drug addicts; please continue to publish reports like these so people can be aware of what is going on; and find the solution to the problems; God bless Dominica, the land of my birth
@ tiny. you sound like a damass! you would have done the same thing to your child….no damn heart.. shait man! you sound like someone who knew about the situation asnd kept it under the able!
“Whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers that you do unto Me”
SIiiiiiiCCCCCCK!!!!!!!!
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@tiny Stop posting idiot! Three posts and you still sound dumber than the first time. Stop posting your ignorance! Make no damn sense
i should have never watch that news! i have 2kids and i just can’t imagine someone doing that to my kids, oh boy! i won’t be able to sleep tonight !it’s so sad !i can’t believe that is happening in dominica! damme damme that lady is a monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess what Dominicans….there are many more Curtleys in D.A. Lets not act shocked..I can right now think of at least one in canefield, and one in Fond Cole, one in Grandbay. I will never condone cruelty by any means…but the problem lies much deeper than Curtley. What to do with those people so severely mentally challenged..that they lack even the most basic trainability and und understanding? I’m sure we are all more upset about the situation than Curtley himself..who more than likely doesn’t KNOW he’s being illtreated, and unlike a baby…will never GROW to understand it. What to do with the severely and chronically schizophrenic? Those problems are best PREVENTED and not REALLY treated. If someone is severely retarded(this is no longer politically correct), or severely and chronically psychotic..the management starts BEFORE they get to this stage, before they become violent. You see the violence isn’t necessarily a symptom of being abused..but really stems from the fact that the person lacks understanding of their surroundings, cannot communicate, maybe sees/hears things and basically does not process thoughts like you and me. So maybe granny could have tried to do better..but did she have the resources? Did she have the trained psychologists/ psychotherapists/speech therapists/ behavioural therapists/ medications/ recreational centers and HELP that is needed to deal with such a person. Did she have the MONEY to pay off people whenever the young man destroyed people’s property or became violent. Did she have the wherewithall to answer in court in case he ended up raping somebody(as the mentally challenged tend to do…the hormones still work though the mind can’t understand “no”). Should she have let him roam free in order for some angry person to kill him? Again..not condoning the conditions of the young man..but really in an institution he would be in a similar room but with concrete walls and a stronger lock! She feeds him or he wouldnt be living. He eats feces because thats what severely retarded people do! Those who dont know..wont understand..and those who know understand all to well…. None of like it ..and all of us wish there was a solution for it. STOP the blame and let’s put our heads together to come up with SOMETHING!
WHY DO ‘WE NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER’ TO FIND A SOLUTION? In most civilized countries the severally disabled whether physically or mentally aren’t caged and thrown scraps, teased by local children or ignored by so-called responsible adults.
The treatment of this young man – and somewhere else someone posts that they know of several throughout the country/island – it’s laughable and disgusting in equal proportions.
Actions speaks louder than words, get the man out of the cage and ‘treat him’. He has a health issue that requires both care and treatment.
Don’t respond about that which you are not qualified, please. It’s easy to say things when you dont know and have not seen..not so easy when it’s in your corner. We need to PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER….that’s a fact.
So now you know about the others, what are you going to do about it?? wait to write another post when it come out. Stupppeess
jail betsy and peanuts butter now
This story is heart rendering and disturbinng.
Responsibility and accountablity lie sqarely on the Welfare Department who is fully aware of the grandmother’s predicament and the difficulty in providing 24/7(round-the-clock) care to her grandson.
The responsibility of the Welfare Department is to provide care to the destitute and the less fortunate, especially children and disabled persons in our community.
I pray and hope there is a swift resolve to this young man’s dilemma
alas wiii betsy jesus watching ehhh
Okaaayyy….@ tiny, u sound like a dumb . Sounds like you were the one caged up, because you sound really uneducated. She was tired for 26 years??? That sound like complete BS. That grandmother needs to be buried 600 feet deep. SACWAY SOUCOOYA!!! That lady n all the family members are murderers!!! There is no excuse for this kind of treatment. Suffer not the little children to come on to me. That lady needs to read the bible ten times, backwards, upsidedown and she needs to be baptised by the pope! God bless that young man.
Heart breaking story. Eveyone who was aware of the severity of the situation surrounding this young man life should be accountable in one way or another. There is no excuse for putting a human being in a cage regardless of their circumstances. Everyone is saying to crucify the grandmother and blamimg the people that live with him. But everybody have a story. The lady has to work to take care of six or maybe or more children. $300 dollars a month cannot do nothing for a mentally challenged kid who cannot do nothing for him self. Most of the kids living the were born into the situation. Theyre propably young adults now so should have been able to get this boy out of the situation but not until recently. Even so; Its a psychological thing. When youre born into something its difficult to break away and do smthing diff than what youre accustom to.
The bottom line is. This story will bring up the raw emotions in everyone. But please dont judge his family. There a three sides to every situation.
Everyone is blaming the grandmother, what happened to the father? Isn’t he living in dominica and should take up his fatherly duties and help Betsy to look after his son? It is disgusting hear what is going on in D/A, they should be more caring for their community. Bring back the old times, nothing can bit that.
Dear “Respite Citizen”, I stand by my words.
ALL mental illnesses can be IMPROVED with love, care and attention. (And obviously the behavioural patterns resulting from that affliction) Please note, I did not say “cured”. That is actually a medical FACT.
Leaving a child to sit in and eat his own bodily waste for years because you think there is no hope for that child is inhuman. You can never, ever convince me otherwise.
Nobody knows the true extent of Curtley’s handicap. If he is capable of imitating dogs, then why can he not imitate some basic human behaviour? It is not too late to find out. Of course it will be difficult, he has had so many years of neglect. In other countries, you could go to jail for treating a dog this way – never mind a human being.
” Nobody knows the true extent of Curtley’s handicap. If he is capable of imitating dogs,”
The author of this piece of nonsense probably should simply read and shut up, because nothing you said makes any sense. And so I would like to brief you on the subject of autism:
Autism is a childhood disorder whose central feature is the failure to develop the ability to respond to others within the first thirty months of life.
Thirty months is equal to two years and six months, are you prepared to inform us that his mother could not have discovered within that period, that the boy was not responding to her touch or nothing else, and that was an indication she should have sort medical attention and treatment for her child.
On the other hand if the child is a system was contaminated by the use of some illegal substance such as crack cocaine, that could be detected in his blood, and treated, by the same token if he was born with natural chemical imbalances in his brain, that also could be detected within the first thirty months of his life, and treated, we just exist the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first century, we are not all that backwards in Dominica.
if a person is born mentally ill, it will affect that person by the time they get to the age of eighteen years old, if one becomes mentally ill after they turn twenty, and beyond, such mental illness can be cured, so the crap you are talking makes no sense whatsoever, if you need an education about mental illness, treatments, and cure I can give it to you.
Say I told you!
The boy is just an atheistic child who has been neglected for a very long time.
For your benefit let me expand on that a bit;
Autism entails absorption in self-centered subjective mental activity, such as daydreams, fantasies, delusions, and hallucinations, accompanied by marked withdrawal from reality, that is a mental disorder originating in infancy and is characterized by self-absorption, inability to interact socially, repetitive behavior, and language dysfunction.
He was born autistic, and neglected my his parents!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
the boy is just an atheistic child? are you sure you used the right word while you trying to make correction to someone else?
Mr/Miss Righteous: if you read the very last line you would clearly read the term autistic, that should have made you realize I error; If you were intelligent enough to understand the context in which I spoke, you would have recognized a mistake when you see it!
I did not edit before I submitted my comments.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
There is no need to make negative remarks about this. There are so many stupid, ill-thought of comments on here. Francisco tried to make light on a very serious topic and some of you are so quick to show your ignorance by disliking his comment. Some of you will always remain in a mental cage.
Francisco I am always looking for your comments when topics like these come up.
you are so true the boy could not walk and due to the treatment he got he turn out to be so
This is barbaric. I feel there should be two demomstrations. One outside the home of this poor lad and one by the welfare office headed by Mr Anthony. This is not DA. can’t believe it. I had heard of a story some years back where a young girl was eating from a dustbin and sleeping rough but this takes the biscuit. All envolved in this case should face prosecution. God help them.
Just cannot believe what i am seeing,these people walk the streets and behave like everything is alright! I am so sadden by this,if there is a situation that you cannot deal with just ask for help,This is so inhumane
LORD Guide,Help,And Protect us for we know what is at the hour.
I CAN CALL DIS A COMMENT,CUS GOD ALONE DAT NO HOW I FEEL INSIDE I JUST CAN BELIEVE DIS HAPPEN IN LITTLE DOMINICA NO JAH WAT HAPPEN ON DIS EARTH Y PPL SO EVIL N WICKED UR OWN BLOOD SHE NEED TO GO TO JAIL N NEVER COME OUT DIS BLACK DEVIL.OH JAH PLEASE LET UR LIGHT BE PON DIS BOY GUIDE HIS PATH EACH N EVERY DAY THROUGH DIS TRIBULETION .OH JAH I CAN BELIEVE IT DIS IS MORE DAN CRIME.I CAN SAY DA COLOR OF HER HEART NO
when i read this,tear run down my eye ………. .why would u do someone that your dah blood and fresh,that lady need to be hang and just throw her key in the sea .i would do that lady so much this and the family of that boy need to pay for what they do ……..the goverment better doing think of bailing his family….i pray that the boy get good treatment
“the grandmother is till able to love”
i would like to see love clean up poo and pee from floor when you are old and tired….i would like to see love following his every move every second of the day to preventing him from destroying the house…love getting up frequently at night …..give me a break people…
now if curtly had been unable to move then it would have been easier to take care of him
but the boy destroys everything he can get in his hands
demand that the authority take curtly? don’t you guys think that maybe the grandmother and the writer of this article planned this because they realize that this is the only way that he will be removed and cared for
i will say it again you people talk and you abuse your normal kids on a daily basis…giving them blows and licks and punches…screaming after them and the list goes on….you wicked people
as far as I’m concerned the grandmother had two choices…to build a hut for him to reside or to tie/RESTRAIN him in the house. would you guys have preferred him to be restrained on a bed…..restrain him at night time ….and when she goes out….and when she’s just too tired during the daytime to prevent hi from destroying the house….or maybe keep him in an empty unfurnished room….so you think that would have prevented him form eating his own feces…maybe not…maybe he reaches for that thing as soon as he has a bowel movement
the lady is old and tired….the hut that is built for him can be kept clean….why don’t some of you on here help with that
love is gonna give the renew the strength of a tired old woman…..get real people
Are you kidding or what, if this old tired lady as you said was in the USA, she would be behind bars as you speak, shame on you Tiny Winnie shame on you for condoning this woman’s action
i meant… is love gonna renew the strength of an old tired woman? is love going to give her the energy she needs to take care of him….please wake up form your dreamworld and step back into reality
you mean betsy so tired that she going by her shack at picard every morning from seven int he mornign and going back home at nice oclock in the night? she so tired dat she can go hunt baron wherever he is, she so tired dat she can go up and down roseau and salisbury to buy vegetables for her shack? please tiny, it seem like you more tired than betsy, if you tell me her tongue tired i will believe yu
Was she old and tired all these 26 years? There were alternatives to caging him. Don’t try to justify her abuse and neglect.
has he been there for 26 years…you fool….i doubt it
and what are the alternatives you idiot
Dear Writer and DNO,
I would like to thank you very much for publishing this young man plight. Betsy is my godmother, and she had three children with my uncle nicknamed Radio. They are Mary, Roslyn and Albert. I read this article and I cried and cried because I never knew nen nen was like that. I knew she was fiery,but not to behave in that manner to a young disabled man. I will be communicating with Roslyn today, today, As it is very sad and shameful on us as a family.
Patsy should not be punished, as we also donot know the full circumstances why she left her son with the grandmoher. We ourselves were left with our aunt in Zicack,(Roslyn and Albert were included my mother were their aunt. Their dad’s sister) whilst our parents were in the UK fending for themselves and for us, however, we were cared for with love all the way through until I came here to join my parents.
I just donot understand why nennen behaved like this why? why? there are so many questions left unanswered and she needs to answerd them lawyers or not.
My fellow men and women, yes the law is right to protect this young man, and also Nennen need to be held accountable as the young man was left in her care. Family or family not if she could not cope she should have said, because Mary is there, and there are several members of the family who could have helped her.
Personally I came home to visit on may occassions, I went to her stall by Rosss University, I also spoke to Mary, met up with her on several occassions and also to Roslyn in St. Thomas, no one stated anything about this young man and his disabilitiies to me.
My heart is broken as no one , absolutely no one should be treated in this type of manner. We are all humans, do we know what the future holds for us? no we donot, we should treat one as we would like to be tretaed. The public please donot condemned too much as the saying goes we donot know what happens behind closed doors. let us all help in the way that we can through prayers or whatever their maybe. I am in total shock after reading this.
@ tiny
You could also assist in some way. THERE IS NO EXCUSE. That poor child should not have lived in such a manner. It is a scandal and for Dominica. I never expected to hear of and read about this. People who do this to a child are unloving and ignorant. Put yourself in his position.
The early evenings are dark from approximately 5 – 5:30 pm. We have to put up with it until the end of March 2013. Such is life here. We will benefit with additional daylight when the time will be changed then.
The reason why he would throw things around it was because of his impediment and frustration. Did you not consider it or are you without basic common sense?
Who knows what was going on in his little mind? He wanted to be normal. He wanted to be hugged and loved. He could not understand his situation and why he was incarcerated in such a manner? If he were loved (knew that he is loved) I am certain that he would not have such a temper tandrum.
He saw people and no one reached out to him. He could not reach out to anyone and touch them. Not even a smile for him? Obviously, he did not learn to talk and to smile due to parental neglect.
A loving and compassionate person would cry over how that child was treated. One does not have to have a degree to know this. Just basic common sense. Sometimes I wonder how much those types of degrees are worth as children are neglected.
The parents failed him. I am not referring to the grandmother although she could have played a part in his nurturing and asked for help for him if the parents failed to do so. They brought him into the world. He is under their care and it is their duty to ensure that, no matter what, he is well-taken care of. God loves him just as he is and no less than he loves us who are have all our faculties.
If they cannot take care of him, who can? You are talking a lot of nonsense. Were they not intelligent enough to seek help for him? Are people so stupid that they were not able to seek help for this child? The mother collected $300 monthly from the government; taxpayers money. So what did she do with that money? The child was in his feces and ate his feces. Oh! This is so upsetting!She should be asked to return the money and yes, arrested, charged and imprisoned. THIS IS A HEINOUS CRIME TO A CHILD AND HER OWN CHILD AT THAT!
There is the government, its agency as social service and pharmacists of all whom they could have resorted to and asked for help.
What about the political representative in the riding where they reside? How instrumental was this elected politician in providing advice to the parents?
Something definitely has to be done to assist those vulnerable children. A home should be built for them.
Dominica has a retirement home and funeral parlour. Oh! Those make big bucks for their owners and they get rich over that. This was their intention when they considered building those homes/parlours. Do you think it is because they love people so much?
How about a home for those children as he? This is a priority – for the vulnerable children. The government should ensure that this is a priority. It would also be a relief for the parents and other members of the family knowing that their loved one is being cared for in such a home and they could visit him.
IT IS HIGH TIME THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES SOMETHING!
It always takes accidents, incidents, injuries and death for the government to do something and improve certain conditions as this one. I am not only blaming the DA government. All governments in general.
If the DA government and residents want to be progressive and love to considered progressive, then, this is a good start or continuation to build a home to assist those vulnerable children. God will richly bless them for it.
Probably the Chinese could help them in this respect since roads, etc. are being built.
It is three o’clock in Toronto. Our clocks were changed back one hour for winter. Today is a relatively mild day for November. No snow yet. I hope it remains that way throughout winter but this is wishful thinking.
My Catholic Radio is on. It is three o’clock. The Chaplet (Rosary) of the Divine Mercy is being broadcasted on the Radio.
The prayer: “Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world… Jesus I trust in You!”
Now the hymn is being played: “Jesus my Lord, my God, my All. How can I love Thee as I ought? … Sweet Sacrament we Thee adore. O make us love Thee more and more…”
Our Lord asked a saintly nun, now departed, Sister Faustina Kowalska of Poland (St. Faustina) to inform the world and teach it to the world. Genuine practicing Catholics who make it their business to know about it are familiar with it and pray it daily.
I ask the Lord to have mercy on the vulnerable who are neglected as this child. I pray that the government does something about him to make his life a better and happy one even though he has this impediment. Who knows? If he receives proper care from now, he may improve and get better. Only God knows but he must be helped. As a human being, a child, he is owed that much.
If the government does not do something better for him, God will hold “the government” responsible for failing in at least, one of it’s responsibilities to DA’s citizens and vulnerable children of all as in this case.
Those who love and worship God should know that they are to love every one, speak and write the truth and do what is good; to love their children and to take care of the vulnerable in their midst.
The thought is running through my mind, hopefully through godly inspiration: “We are obligated to do what God has commanded us to do with no exception.”
Therefore, learn from this and make no excuse for anyone. God will not make excuses for anyone, for those who fail to do their duty, first to God and to others, as and, I reiterate the vulnerable children as this poor child. It is a sad case of child neglect.
Are his parents not Christians and Catholics at that? If they go to Church and pray how could they ever do this to their child? Figure it out.
whats with the long epistle?
Okay let’s say the grandmother is tired etc but why is he living in a place like that, she could have seek help to build at least a proper place for him, like the saying a 2 by 4 plywood house. You call that a hut maybe you are blind, to me that’s a sty. GOD DOESN’T LIKE UGLY!!!!!
and why was she taking the money and was not doing the job
@ CATHY
Seeing these pictures saddens me. He appears to want a way out of this yes, “pig sty” but is unable to do so. It is so sad!
Tiny, are you sure you are not the grandmother in question???? Are you sure??? God will ask and all those who contributed to this Child’s misery will have to answer. Remember that. God WILL ask :):) He doesn’t sleep my dear.
THAT IS THE MOST STUPID COMMENT I’VE EVER SEEN. SINCE SHE IS SO “OLD” WHAT ABOUT HIS DAD???? WHO KNOWS ABOUT IT…NONSENSE POOR EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING LIKE WE ALL TO GO THROUGH THIS
YOU HAVE TO BE F***ING JOKING. THE SAME LITTLE OLD LADY THAT TIRED BUT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND UP ON HER FOOT AT ROSS EVERYDAY FOR OVER 12 HOURS…….DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH!!!!! THE SAME LITTLE TIRED OLD LADY THAT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BY A CAR AND EVEN LEARNING TO DRIVE?????? (tiny) ALL YOU MORE WICKED THAN BETSY!!!! AS I SAID BEFORE I WOULD JAIL THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD…FROM CAPTAIN DOWN TO COOK……A LITTLE AGAIN ROMAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT SAME POSITION IF HE WASN’T ABLE TO MOVE AROUND AND TALK…
@ possie living in uk
She bought a car and is learning to drive? The government should seize the vehicle. Well, the $300 monthly for all those years has helped her to do so. This is where the government should investigate this situation and punish those concerned who neglected this child.
I am so glad that ploice put the grandmother in curt and i am so glad that the grandmother have to pay 300.00 dollors
This is not the issue, the situation is she has been charged 300.00 at the court,has the magistrate even consider viewing this poor child condition before making judgement/recommendation?the head of the welfare department should be held responsible,knowing of this situation and giving 300.00 dollars! my God, You see when things do not directly affect us we don’t care.Had it been their daughter or son they would have invented laws to get justice.Man
i just picturing my child in such situation.Lord hear us.
Will that solve the situation?
did you read the story? Where did it say the grand mother had to pay $300
I am a community service worker and work daily with people suffering from mental illness,homelss, addicts and many more, I have just returned from a trip to dominica, and i love my country and vow that on my return I plan on voluteering and helping those who are less fortunate. I am sitting here just reading this story and i could not stop the tears from falling. This is inhumane and laws needs to be improved so that people like his family pay for their crime. And its a crime to treat anyone like this,especially when there was assisstance in place to help him, be it $300.00 or $3000.00 it is wrong. It is upsetting. It does not take much to help another human. Not much at all.
nah man !!!! you mean mean to tell me i walk pass that house all my life and no one could say anything. Jail is only solution mother and father
I am reading this and the more I read the more I get angered.. but anger is not going to help Curtley! How can the welfare division pay someone to take care of him?? they need to take this young man out of that environment.. not fining the grandmother.. what is fining her going to do for this young man? yes she needs some lesson on humane treatment but Curtley is who the primary focus should be on.
On another note: it is finely good to see most Dominicans come together for the sake of society! most times the feature with the most posts is about religion or politics and although I have seen some comments that bring politics into play, this is not the place for it!! A young man is caged and treated like a dog, I am do not know if the facility for such cases is full but from the comments I have seen some people tend to note that. We need to come together as a community and get more facilities like this available to the families that need it.. and get more case workers to investigate every home that has children.. we may be surprised at what we find. I live in the US and as developed as it is.. cases like this appear all the time. Its about time we stop worrying about war,politics, and religion and start building from within!
I live in overseas and my mother is geting older, i prefer come back home, than let my mother go to old home.The head of the wellfear department need to go to jail too.You mean to tell me, they knew that all the time and didn’t do nothing about that ,you guys are heartless
This is an absolute outrage! Jail is not enough punishment for what this guy went through. DNO, we’re waiting for the follow-up article to know what we as readers, far and near, can do to help him out.
@ Tee
May we all help in some way whether near or far. Do not forget sincere prayers, from the heart in honor of him also helps. God will do the rest and send some help for him. God bless!
Ok the next move is who is going to take care of him now?………..What are the plans in place to allow this young man to live out the rest of his life whilst being well taken cared of? Dominicans we love to express ourselves passionately and that’s good but actions speak louder than words. What are we and the government of Dominica going to do for this young man? That is what i am interested in knowing now.
@ Anonymous
You can start by doing something; initiating something concrete. Are you not in DA?
This story brought tears to my eyes…… as a mother i know what it is love your child. They are not asked to be brought into this world and we therefore owe it to them to make sure they get the best…..
This story has touched me…I work in social care and I work for Haringey council in the UK, am going to do my best to help out this young boy with the help of my work place. Am gonna see to it that this young man gets the care that he needs… I need to get in touch with the people that I need to talk too, to start the ball rolling….please email me on [email protected]
THANKS TO DNO AND THE PERSON WHO GAVE OUT THIS INFORMATION I HOPE AFTER SEEING THIS ARTICLE OTHERS WILL REPORT IGNORED CASES
SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. I WONDER HOW MANY LIVES
WIIL BE SAVE. THANKS AGAIN GOOD JOB AND A
GOOD DEED WAS DONE.
oh my God look comments………well Da is a small place and from what i heard this boy’s grandmother did the best that she could…she did much better than a whole lot of you hypocrites on her would have done.
i was told that this young boy had difficulty walking and she would carry him when he was much younger to the bay….dug two holes in the sand…. put him to stand in them…fill them up with sand to strengthen his legs…..she is much older now…she does not have the energy it takes to care for someone like him…imagine trying to take care of a 26 year old baby in your old age…it is very difficult for a young person much less for an old woman
and for those of you who come on here and say that this family did not try to get him in an institution….you all need to shut up….have you ever been in the situation….my friend have been trying to get her daughter in one for years…….she tried and tried and tried and tried and would not give up….there isn’t enough space….by reading this story can’t you see that welfare knows abut his situation?
yes and there are more like him and my friends daughter who are severely mentally challenged and the most that welfare department does is give a stipend of 300 per month
so again please shut up…..i bet that Curtly grandmother is a better parent than most of you guys on here will ever be
you guys would have put him in a cage/hut at the age of 3….i would like to see you people on here clean up poo poo and pee pee that is being knocked over on daily basis…and the poo poo flows under the bed and all over the floor and you are tired after a hard days work….and the house is a mess because everything in your child’s reach is being knocked over and destroyed……bathing your daughter is takes so much energy out of you because she just stays there and does nothing she would not even lift her hand so you could wash her under arms even if she’s capable of doing so
talk talk talk….you people don ‘t even have patience with your normal kids much less for a kid who is extremely mentally challenged SHUT UP YOU HYPOCRITES
but wait TINY you real large and out of order to want to tell people shut up. If the woman knew she was incapable of caring for the boy she should have simply said so, refused the money and DEMAND the authorities take him, they would have no choice, he isn’t her biological child. You must be the one helping her to keep him in the cage. People can express their opinions and if you are so highly offended the child YOU TINY have hidding and coming here barking and growling with full disclosure about “your imaginary friend daughter” when you know IT’S YOUR CHILD you have in that mess DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Some of you Dominicans are to fiesty and out of place.
Or maybe you are the sick low life who gave birth to him and neglected him all these years, now you huffing and puffing at others comments. In the middle of Disabilty is ABILITY take care of your child/children and don’t use DNO to vent your evil ways. Why do you have the child in a cage?
@ BEJEWELLED
You have said it very well. He was a caged animal. This is so sad. Seeing the pictures of him hurt my heart. Tiny has absolutely no sense in his head. Is he speaking on behalf of the family?
@BJEWELLED……………I AGREE WITH YOU 1000000000000000000%….. TINY MAYBE KNOW SHE LEFT A CHILD NEGLECTED SO SHE WILL FIND ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO MAKE HERSELF FEEL BETTER……. NOT ON FLIPPIN DNO
i think that chile belong to Tiny u know. She too defensive.
wow i cant believe u come on here and condone what the family put this boy through ..i am in shock and om gsh ….i don’t care what challenges he had no one and i mean no one deserve to be treated like an animal and just so u know a pic is worth a thousand words ..if the granny wasn’t able and from reading the article its been going on for over 10 years .but he had his father …his mother who turned her back on him .so their is nooo excuse for the way he was treated .and for u to even come on here and try to defend such actions says a lot about u and ur character .. that’s my opinion
U sound like one of those family member that has negelected this young man. I understand that the grand mother may have seek assistance and did not get it, I also understand how much it takes to care for a person of that nature but I also know that inspite of all the challenges, no mother, grand mother, father or anyone related to this young man who has just a little bit of love and concern for him, would not have treated him like an animal. And yes, the grand mother is older now but she is still able to love, she is still able to show concern to her own flesh and blood. she lives in a house all by herself, doesnt it bother her at nights when she is in the comfort of a warm bed that just outside her window is her own grand son, all alone in the dark cold night? come on my people there is no excuse for that kind of treatment to another human being yet alone your own child. I will continue to maintain that the welfare division should be held responsible because from the time this situation was brought to their attention, they should have brought a change to it, they should have find a place for the young man and not left him in this dog house. they should also be made to pay for their action or lack of it there of.
Righteous i totally agree with u ….this is crazy nonsense
what bothers me is that the welfare division knows about the case n the best they could do is pay someone to take care of him. This worries me because such a case would be given priority and he would n should be taken from that environment swiftly.. if this is the best that could be done I wonder if there are similar cases or worse as to why he could not be taken into custody.
OF COURSE, THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT FAILED THIS CHILD AS MUCH AS HIS FAMILY DID. That is why we have a welfare dept. to look out for the less fortunate. ADDIDIONALLY, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOY’S SITUATION, BECAUSE THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND DID NOTHING!!. I understand that his grandmother may be old and frail but that did not happen over night. How could she sleep in a warm bed and have her very own grandchild sleeping outside in a cage? This is outrageous, and someone MUST be held accountabile. And they all call themselves christians. Dominica is suppose to be a a christian nation. But it seems to me that in Dominica if it does not affect a person directly, they do not care. SECONDLY, I also know how difficult it is to care for someone who is mentally challenged, let alone someone who is so severely mentally challenged. It is difficult for any family to do this alone, especially with no formal training in this field. Social work is concerned with taking care of the person psychologiclly and providing an avenue to take care of the person physically. When a person is so severely challenged mentally, the situation becomes outside of the bounds of the family. It now become the concern of the community and eventually the country. Because no family can carry this burden alone. Therefore, since we all know about Curtley’s case, we as a country owes him the courtesy of a better life.
U TINY HUSH YOUR MOUTH IF YOU GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD LIKE THAT WOULD YOU TREAT HIM SO ABOUT GRANNY TRIED HER BEST WELL HER BEST WASNT GOOD ENOUGH THIS FAMILY NEED THE SAME TREATMENT FOR 26YEARS IT LOOK LIKE THEY DON’T A HEART….CLEANING POO POO SHOULD NOT BE THAT TIGHT THE 300 DOLLARS PLUS THE FATHERS HELP COULD BUY PAMPER TOO,THEY TOO DAMN WICKED, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD HIRED HELP TO CLEAN YOUR KIDS..MAYBE IF THE BOY HAD CARED FOR LIKE A HUMAN BEING HE WOULD NOT PULL DOWN STUFF….U JUST FULL OF CHAT SO SHUT UP PLEASE
Tiny your name represents your brain. You would know all about small mindedness wouldn’t you?! Who’s urine and shit is it? There child and grandchild who is mentally challenged. That why abortion should be legal because it would get rid of alot of ignorant people like yourself. You know all the facts to the case yet You haven’t said what you have done to help. People are outraged because of the way this guy is kept. If this was anywhere else the mother would be in jail.
This is pure ignorance on your part to call anyone who replied to this story and are genuinely concerned, hypocrites. Do you call putting someone in an out house away from the real world doing their best, are you kidding me or just down right stupid. I’d like to catch your ass myself lock you up for the same amount of years,and feed you like a dog and pig, then check back on your psychy to see how you’d love it. People like you who alwasy seek the negative in anything that is meant to be positive, that give me the drive not to check the news in DA often, the negative energy and ignorance is always there. Besides, why am i wasting my time responding to you, you still may never get that fact that this was just wrng, and continue on your same ignorant way. May God Bless Your Soul
@ tiny
She may have helped me somewhat but when he became unmanageable which we expect, she also should have sought help for him. So they would leave him in that prison of a type of room and let him languish until he died? What about if they died before him?
You too are only writing for the sake of writing but you do not think. THINK, TINY THINK! Think what they could have done for him a long time ago to alleviate his misery and loneliness and neglect and during the time the mother collected $300 a month from the government to properly assist him.
YES, SHUT UP, AND DO NOTHING RIGHT? SO TYPICAL.
Hmmm, looks like the writers are hitting a nerve Tiny! Why do you want them to shut up? Aren’t they free to express their opinions? The way you write makes me want to believe that you are like the grand mother or have a child with a disability and that’s how you treat him/her. Let me ask you this: Why did the Welfare dept. take the grand mother to court? Don’t you think that she could have turned down the $300 stipend and demand that they take the child? ……something to think about.
The $600 should go to the home for the disabled ,where he will have a warm bed, good shelter and receive his food on a table or be fed.Also he will have 24 hours attention with medical care.
@ DOITRIGHT
Was it $600 or $300 monthly?
Sad ….But True,All i have to say the World is Round . Jah Boy
it would have been much better is he was dead…poor,poor boy.his entire family on both sides are wealthy.that story should be sent all over the world.shame. shame. shame. on all of them
DNO I KNOW IT MIGHT NO HAPPEN YOU SHOULD POST
THE GRANDMOTHER’S PHOTO SO EVERYBODY WILL
KNOW WHO SHE IS BECAUSE WHAT SHE DID TO HER
GRANDSON WAS INHUMANE, INSANE AND RIDICULOUS.
Skerrit taking the 12 million or so dollars to build state house when he could improve on the hospital or build a place for kids like curtley. Wicked…what a shame
@ wazzup
Let us hope he reads the article and the outcry of the readers’ comments and does something to assist this child. Give him credit for that, that he may not have been aware of this child’s condition.
Thank God for bringing this reality to us but this is a wake up call for all of us. Some of us commenting and blaming all sorts of people but we have mothers, grandmothers or other family members that is in need of our help too and we neglect them. So let’s all do a reality check and do what is right to the least of our brothers and sisters.
@ Wake UP
Every one who needs help must be helped. We should never turn a blind eye and deaf ear to their plight.
I am angered by this. And before emotions get the better of me maybe this will be my last post… I want to say this however the parents have not lived up the $300 given to the caretaker by his father is something but this is not even a mere drop in the ocean, and the grandma all it reminds me of is of witchcraft and Caliban in the tales from Shakespeare. Often grandparents step in and make better the wrongs of their children but this time hmmm is it that grandma was overwhelmed?
And the siblings who were raised in that house how do they live with themselves, KNOWING that their brother and cousin lived there first on the porch separated by a sheet of plywood and then placed in this wooden shanty shed? HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELVES?!
And those siblings who were not in the home the wooden one or the PINK one now? Do you even know that YOUR BROTHER EXIST? And to think that you all behave in the way that you do? He is human just as you and that handsome face could have been better kept.
Evil. Evil. Evil. And then we wonder why things happen to certain people. Curtley’s pain you will feel. That boy is surely going to be an angel he has wronged no one.
Those SIBLINGS who are alive and CAN help their brother SHOULD. It is better to give than to receive.
Copawayzor for what??????!!!!!!!!! To dust we shall return.
Please forgive me if there are typing errors now I am overwhelmed with emotion. LONG LIVE CURTLEY JOSEPH AND THE MANY OTHERS LIKE HIM.
Thanks to the producer of this article.
No human being deserves to be treated this way NONE. This young man has gone through years of abuse and neglect and this explains the piercing eyes and seemingly animal like behaviour. This story is chilling as I am a resident of the area where Curtley lives, Glanvillia. My heart bleeds to know this……..
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
The Noble Quran states that anyone who does an atom’s weight of good will see it and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.
Firstly, I want to commend the efforts of author of this article for informing the public that this deplorable situation exists in lower Glanvilla. I pass there all the time but never in my wildest imagination would I think that a human being lives like this.
Secondly, I commend the public for speaking against this evil. I am not even going to comment about the family because these people have already gotten their public pressure. For a surety, their guilt will consume them. By the way I wanted to see who is Patsy George but it seems she disabled her facebook account.
Thirdly, I recommend a thorough investigation by the international community into these issues that occur in Dominica. This is not the first time we have heard of mentally challenged individuals living in these deplorable conditions. Our institutions have failed us big time! I think if this investigation is launched this will put serious pressure on our institutions here. It seems that they only respond with a whip on their backs. Also, this situation needs much more media attention.
In conclusion, some of our Dominican parents are heartless. Second, our institutions have failed us. Thirdly, an thorough investigation needs to be launched by an outside body because the red tape in this country stinks. Fourthly, Curtley and others like him needs to be re-located and rehabilitated in a special facility cared by specialists. There is a lot of money in Dominica however, there is a serious lack of prioritization.
“That Curtley’s life has been a difficult one, is an understatement. He has never been to school, has a solitary friend, eats his own feces and is kept in a cage, something akin to a pigsty in his grandmother’s back yard; There he has survived for the last 10 years with the full knowledge of the authorities. Yes, the welfare division is well aware of the case, to the point that it has taken Betsy Peter, Curtley’s grandmother to court where she was fined in connection with Curtley’s case.”
Goes to show what stage we are in our development. There are so /too many religious organization on this 365 sq mile rock and we know and not do any thing about it and many other issue in our faces.This is not some vast country! Recently in the news there was this girl in california,we heard about n the news. But this is the USA where people go about their lives independent of their nabes unlike us. We are maitre & maitress veuxeye and allow this to occur.I guess we are rapidly developing. Guess too much SEWO.January- December is one fait after the next plus blockoramas, political events feast of St.Ann’s fait Isidor not sure if in celebration of the lawyer (smile-but it was there long before his birth lol!)
fete innocent, fishermens fete, fete Lacoudway, ust to name a few not excluding all the next level activities. So the deal is before one become sober from saturday night’s hangover sunday afternoon has a Sewo somewhere and the beat goes.Monday becomes unproductive Tuesday the Andrews liver salt or milk of magnesia begins to work( one may get a little running loose bowels so takes Wednesday off. He/she goes to work on Thursday spends 3/4 the work day talking about the action of last week.Friday is payday and rumday.Who has time to worry about nabes or Curtley?That’s our truth the next level that exsisted before just being abated hence accentuated. maybe every community needs a RESPITE.
yes we care programm is working were good we have managed to help ever one that we could how ever you cannot blame the government for this you should blame the child services department, the court, the police in portsmouth, and the palimentary representive. all these departments are operated by themself and do not recieve any money to operate for the government of Dominica. our PM has been very busy consentration on other issues that are more important and these agencies should take their responsibility more serious. our Pm have over the past 12 years have been very busy. while this recently reported distraction by the opposition and the members of the media. our pm over the past 12 years have built his house purchased land, built villers, made fertilize and gabbage bin moneys avaible to a minister brother, and lease but not last sold passpot to everone who has a bad reputatin or is on the run from the law in the middle east. so tell the oppositon ge work to do. our pm busy helping his self. accding to lennox honechurch when you want the pm to do these things the man is a young man. give the man a brake. now i wonder if the child that sits in that cage is not a human being as well.
you have some valid points some are outlandish but learn to spell first, so that people can follow what you are saying.
Answers must be found to the very profound questions that the case of Curtley Joseph puts to us as a community and a nation. In recent times the Government of Dominica has voiced intention to build a respite centre in the Chance community in Portsmouth. The writer sincerely hopes that the needs of individuals such as Curtley are well catered for.
Isn’t Dominica in need of one big respite? There are thousands of Curtleys around on a more functioning level who don’t comport like dogs or pigs but not far.lacking the wherewithall to borrow your expression wouldn’t the receipts of the passport sales be utilised to solve problems like Curtley’s by the thousands instead of enrching some pathetic party loyalist and obese formerly poverty stricken lawyers,etc?
maybe we should ask our friends or better Medard friends to build a colosal respite.Who knows maybe that’s where we are or heading and we are unaware all partof the next level.WE should ask him just as we did before” Ask her”
Ashton, did Deni Moore help? good attempt at the prose.It reminds me of my highschool teacher asking us towrite a good article on social ills. Now it’s time to take it ot the next level.
Sad sad sad….I really had to read this story twice to make sure that this was DNO am reading from and that they said possi, you seriously mean to tell me all this happens in dca? I still can’t believe it. I seriously felt sick reading this story, sad sad sad indeed. Something needs to be done to stop or get rid of all the curtley’s out there. Am ashamed of the family, a grandmother should not have her grandson like this. Mother into God’s hands I place your spirit…..to God be the glory the young man will see the kingdom of God. Wicked people will never succeed in life.
Family,neighbours welfare,loud-mouth politicians,father mother and all should be jailed.26 years.where is PATAT PATSY.LORD IT HURTS.WHOSE HOUSE IS THIS CLOSEBY.ONE OF THE WORST NEWS FROM D.A.
i knw this family and this has been goin on for a longtime and the welfare division knw this was goin on. they need to start doing their job properly please
I am Very Disappointed in the System and Authorities which Dominica has, I have coming back home now for the past 9years, and I have seen people treat there Dogs better than this…. Very sad in-deed. I am sorry to say but These people needs to be locked up for Cruelty , and Negligence. Further more if you are getting paid to look after this person, Do it Fully not Half way.
Shame on those who have been aware of this ‘disgust’ and made NO attempt to make a difference in this man’s life.
Evil will continue to show it’s ugly head as long as ‘good’ neglects to act.
Thank you writer for being one of the ‘Good’. If there is one ; there must be more. Social Services do the work you are paid to do.
This is truly heart-breaking. I would like to applaud the author and DNO for bringing this matter to our attention. Something needs to be done urgently. 26 years living in a cage like a dog is beyond belief. All mental disabilities can be improved with care and attention. All those who knew about this boy’s plight and turned their heads should be ASHAMED.
Even if no help was available from the authorities (and Financial aid was received, I gather), then decent facilities could have been made for this boy when that block house was built.
I would like to plead for regular updates to this story, and if the kind-hearted people of Dominica can help in any way (for example raising money to give him a decent standard of care and living), then we should be made aware of it.
Curtley, you poor, poor boy.
“All mental disabilities can be improved with care and attention.”
Sandw: Ignorance is kind in your case. Review ur statement you are obviouslu naive re: mental development. I often wonder why some people(ej you) just don’t have their p.c’s programmed (read/view only)Go see any medical person at Ross, Skerro who is a psychologist supposedly lol! ,Dr.Benjie any paediatrician or paediatric nurse for a summary on child brain development and socialization or lack thereof.
THANKS FOR THIS ARTICLE WHO KNOWS HOW MANY
CASES LIKE THIS ARE HIDDEN FORM THE PUBLIC,
THAT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO COME FORWARD
TO HELP THESE FORGOTTEN ABUSE PEOPLE. ITS
SAD ITS ASHAME ITS INHUMAN AND ITS HEART-
BREAKING TO SEE ONE OF OUR OWN LIVING IN THIS
CONDITION. WORTHY UNTO THOSE WHO FAILED HIM.
GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH HE’LL DEAL WITH US
ACCORDINLY, WHAT WE SOW THAT SHALL WE REAP.
YES, I’M SURE THERE ARE OTHER CURTLEY’S IN DOMINICA. FROM WHAT I SEE, THAT IS HOW IT IS IN DOMINICA. PEOPLE DON’T CARE ABOUT NO ONE BUT THEMSELF. BUT IT WILL NEVER STOP UNTIL THERE ARE LAWS PUT INTO PLACE TO STOP THIS TYPE OF CRIME. YES, IT IS A CRIME AND SOMEONE SHOULD SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
I think we should all stop blaming oneanother and come as one to do somthing because he might not be the only child in this situation.
In the story I read that they said that patsy has lost contact with her parents that’s a big lie. Cuz they call one another very often. If the boy said that his mother is the best she is becuz she only check him and her last son. She dnt knw bout the other children of hers. Atleast the boys should have a heart to take care of the brothers who is ill. But the to busy taking care of their selves
Sad…How in life can you do this to your own flesh and blood. I am reading this and asking myself why someone did not try and help this helpless child.Someone should pay for this injustice that was done to this young man. This is why i could not be a police officer. I would lock everyone that turn his or her back on this young man. I have a disable son so this is personal.
thats the last news i would want to hear bofore i go to bed .sad.sad.sad.shame on you peanuts ,betsy and patsy .. shame on the whole family .just cannot believe he had to live his entire childhood like that while his siblings live in heaven.cannot hold back the tears.
WELL WELL WELL ALL THE PARENTS OF THIS BOY SHOULD BE JAILED AND BE TREATED THE SAME WAY..SEE HOW MUCH THEY WOULD LOVE IT…JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING AND PATSY I HOPE YOU YOUR SON YES THE SAME ONE YOU DELIVERED,GRANNY U SELF IS EVIL AND DADDY U SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR YOUR SON AND TO WELFARE GOD BE WITH ALL YOU…..SAD SAD SAD
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe that is happening in Dominica. Mr.PM please comission an inquiry into this horrendous, shameful and dispicable situation. At the minimum we expect to see heads roll in the welfare department. I beg all the other communities in Dominica to come forward if such a situation exist in your area. I want to thank the author for having the courage in bringing such a horrendous situation to light. This will remain one of the most painful chapters in my memory. My heart bleeds profusely for that young man.Not even dogs are treated this way in today’s world.
This is heart breaking, brought tears to my eyes.
I am very disappointed in myself and the in people of glanvillia for not noticing this years ago. I have past there several times from school seen that shack and i thought it was just a storage supply. If time travel was possible one of the main thing in my list to change was that curtley’s future.
when looking at these pictures i have notice that the area is open enough for the neighbor to know whats going on.what have they done to save the boys life? are we not our brothers keeper anymore? this is real sad and we as a ppl she should go back to the little details that we neglect that could help improve our neighbors and our lives. this guy is damaged for life but i hope he is well taken of there on end. please put a helping hand on him oh lord.
Well allu dat saying allu is dominica cuz I am nt cuz I can’t believe dat is happening in DA..betsy u will get me to buy from u again k wait in ur a**. N y d father isn’t charge to?? I want to know… N his other kids is being served in gold plates… Pinky n nelister hopoe u have a heart… N I glad d writer put their names d bomb burst now..
Yes remember Betsy have me still cause guess what am still alive and have enough power over all of u and u all buying at her place is something that u don’t have to do or remain doing cause in you all mine that there nobody for her but guess what am waiting patiently and tentatively for u all result but take a moment of silence and think of how dangerous of a person u all encountering
On July 26 2011, DNO posted this about a group helping our disabled:
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/all-news/educationyouth/ready-willing%E2%80%A6-enable-summer-camp-2011-wraps-up/
There were 4 comments.
It is sad that we as a people are reactive and not proactive. I myself am just as guilty as everyone else. I sincerely hope that Curtley’s story serves as a knee-jerking wake-up call for us all to take our National Anthem more seriously…”all for each, and each for all”
This situation overall is very saddening, I live in Orlando and my mother ( who by the way is from Dominica) brought this to my attention and she is deeply overwhelmed by the picture of this young man. My question is, why hasn’t the government address this issue a long time ago, isn’t there a law against children not attending school, as this young man has never been to school. The unethical treatment given to this young man by the governtment and guardians is undeserving and by all means should be addressed in a drastic manner. Where is our moral character (as a people) to address and prevent this type of inhumane treatment. Only God knows!!!
I have heard of this non-profit organsiation called RWE (Ready Willing Enable) which has held workshops and other activities for the disabled in Dominica. Pics on their of such activities on their website and facebook page give hope.
http://www.facebook.com/rwenable#!/rwenable?sk=info
This seems like a practical place to start for those of us who keep asking what can we do to help people like Curtley.
And people saying his mother not in Dominica if you know where she is send his picture to the authorities! This is her dependent and she has abandoned her responsibility! If I concern who she is and I find out she in the states , I’m going to send this DNO link and a letter to the US embassy. Whereever she is I’m going to get he a** deported. People in portsmouth know damn well what this little boy was going through! Somebody who know where he’s mother is do right by him. Contact the authorities and have them ship her behind back DA. Shame on DA, Shame on the government and shame on that trifflin ass mother, Shame on the police!
Becareful what u wish for cause once u try your evil act and saying your derogating things remember all we have to do is wait on your action of result we r human we listen we have families and we have the resources to act quickly on your action
The entire welfare department should be fired
YOU ARE 100% RIGHT. THEY SHOULD FIRE THEM ALL
THE BCW IN NY FIRE THEM WHEN CASES ARE BEING
NEGLECTED.
fire born peanut and patsy,as for d betsy that like too mind people business their,that wicked witch,and d albert that boasting his mother,and his sisters by father they well dress everyday wicked,there is a god
this breaks my heart on soooo many levels. I feel for Curtely but also feel for the people responsible for caring for him. Until one has the responsibility for caring for a severely developmentally disabled person they have no idea of the stress involved and how overwhelming it can be. is it fair that they have neglected him in this way? no but i cannot say that any of you throwing stones right would have or can do any better. whats needed is either training and support for care providers from social workers trained in this area or a structured setting for Curley to go to. large institutions are never the answer but Curley could do great in a small family residential setting with two or three other developmentally challenged individuals and staff members trained to have the patience to deal with his behavior. Especially his PICA behavior which is the reason hes is eating things he shouldnt be. Instead of just getting angry and throwing stones at the family the community and government must come together to solve this problem. I guarantee Curley is not the only developmentally disabled individual living like this in DA
I would reopen the death sentence on that woman . soon she will need some one to feed her and I hope it will be the same treatment she gave to that boy at her old age.
Hope that u weren’t tell the lord to let u live for another day or so when the rath of death come your way
I agree Dominica there is after that one there is no sin under the sun u all have not done and even the authorities joined in too.
OMG, i live in portsmouth and i do not know thats how the child is treated. I always knew that MAry had a disabled child, well i thought it was mary’s child only to now learnt that she is the caretaker. I never ever know this shit is goin on. so damn cruel
Now that you know what will you as well as the other peoples in PORTSMOUTH as well as in other parts of DOMINICA going to do about it it’s a dam shame that a child was living in that condition all these years and no one give a d–m How can people didnt know the pictures show the back yard to be open what happen to the folks who live around didnt they see any thing out of place it is very hard for me to believe.
As for the child Mother, Father and Caretaker should all be taken to COURT and charged to the full brun of the LAW because they all fell sort of being a human the Mother haven got a human soul after you brought the child in this world and then for her to turn her back is just so inhume and to allow her son to be fed like a dog or pig I am very passionate about this I hope that this woman never get to have or bring any more children in the world I will never forgive either one of them.
As for the Welfare department they should charge all three of them it’s now their responsibility to seek out from east to the west of the ISLAND to see if their are other children or adults living in similar condition and take control start doing the job they are hired to do stop dropping the ball try and stop any red tapes that is preventing the young boy from getting the aid he needs he needs help immediately not delays and he also needs continued visits to make sure he is not or will not be confronted with the same treatment again dont allow this matter to be covered up.
Thanks DNO for publishing the story we needed to know about it I cried as I was reading the article my GOD what is happening to us in DOMINICA.
NOw that Ian Douglas (Gvt Rep) from Portsmouth read about the story what are you going to do he is so busy shoting off his mouth you have a very shameful situation on his hand that have been brougt forward I hope he will lobby his BOSS to see if they can get a HOME for the disabled in his area.
I have family in Portsmouth and that’s why I feel so passionately about this story.
PEOPLE OF DOMINCA DONT ALLOW ANY ONE TO BE TREATED IN THAT MANNER ANY MORE HOLD YOURSELVES RESPOSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE LESS FORTUNATE INDIVIDUALS AS GOD CHALLENGERS US ALL TO DO…
one word: MAYSHASTAY!!![wickedness]……awa it have a special place in hell for them EVILS der…..camem camem smh
This is disturbing on all levels he came from a mother and a father how do they sleep at night this is just sad that mother have to see it wi no man how can u just neglect your child and his father is in the same community and ur Son living like a rat not even dogs get treated that way he is a frame at 26 he is under developed and malnourished He needs help seeing that he has been in this cage for so long how will he react to people the article says he barks like a Dog lord this is SAD and di grandmother living in a house that is too good for him how does she even live with herself I would just burn that house with her in it. GOD BE WITH THESE WICKED PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!! He will call him home and he will have no more pain or suffering.This is just too much to endure
What happen when it rains, the cold nights.
The hurricanes and the storms.
You mean he had to face it all alone?
Outside alone in a cage?
YOu in your warm bed.
Conscience Please.
Thank God that You see. Truth will Reveal
WHAT A SAD WAY TO LIVE. THE SYSTEM FAILED ON
THIS YOUNG MAN. I WONDER WHAT KIND OF WELFARE
SERVICE IS THIS FROM THE TIME THEY WAS THE LIVING CONDITION OF THIS BOY THEY SHOULD
FIND A PLACE FOR HIM TO LIVE. MR. ANTHONY
SHOULD BE FIRED GRANDMOTHER SHOULD TO JAILED
AND EVERY ONE ELSE INVOLVEED SHOULD BE PUNISH
ED. SHAME !SHAME! ON ALL WHO KNEW AND DIDNOT
DO ANYTHING TO RESCUE THIS GUY FORM THIS
CAGE. THE LADY IS REALLY THE WICKED GRANDMOTHER FROM HELL. I GOT A HEADACHE WHEN
I READ THIS ARTICLE. LORD HELP HIM.
RE
garcon in Dominica there is no fix to many serious situations all doors does shut in your face you have a problem with your neighbour no resolve, your husband ready to kill you seek help no resolve, have problem children no help. you mean that boy case reach court and no one could help him and see to it he lives in the care of people who can do better for him, even welfare knows about the child, still he is left to live like an animal shame on all involved magraasa
My first reaction as I read the details of Curtley Joseph’s Life is to ask: “Where is Love in the heart of human beings” Certainly no where to be found, unless those persons are born of God, growing in knowledge of Him and His ways of Life.
“Beloved, let us love one another, for Love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God”. 1st. John 4: 7 Yeah! “God is Love, and he who abides in Love abides in God and God in him”. 1st. John 416
If Curtley’s parents and anyone else who were responsible for his welfare, as a child, knew God and His Love, such as the apostle John has pleaded to us to know, would they have treated him with the suffering he has endured in Life? No! They couldn’t!
When I lived at home–in Dominica–we had a dog that became so attached to me, I was forced to treat him like a person; much more for a helpless child that I brought into this world. Why is it that the heart and mind of human beings are so evil and wicked?
But I know for sure that God’s justice will prevail for Curtley Joseph. His entry into this world, with his condition, was a plan of God–that He would demonstrate His power of healing in Curtley, through those He chose to be responsible for his welfare.
It is obvious that those people failed to allow God to work through them for the sake of Curtley Joseph’s Life; even his own parents–they will have their rewards; but I do not envy them.
Curtley Joseph will be healed, by the Power of God’s Holy Spirit, both in spirit and in flesh–before his days in this world come to an end. That is reason this has come out in the open. God wants to hear the call for healing on behalf of Curtley from His faithful ones–even myself! May His Will be done.
Meanwhile, I hope that the rest of us will see Curtley’s example as a reason for us to desire from day to day, to allow God to flourish our hearts and mind with His ways–the attitude and conducts of Love–that through our trust, humility, and obedience, He will love people through us, but for His glory!
This is a human rights violation and I am going to emale this story to every human right watch group I could think off!!!
Hi everyone, Ashton Riviere has made us aware of the situation through DNO. It is now time for action. Curtley needs us NOW. His immediate family and the Welfare Division have failed him. We must not. Portsmouth Town Council, I am calling on you as an institution to take up the mantle. Curtley is a human being and he has dignity.I am willing to do what i can. will make my presence felt.
I know for a fact that the community health nurse and E.H.O did all in their power to get welfare involved.
Baloney, if they did; that unfortunate probably mentally challenged man would be out of that cage a long time ago!
What should happen at this time, is that the Police should intervene, arrest and charged his biological parents, and grandmother with neglect; cruel, and unusual punishment, and inhumane treatment to a mentally challenged human.
As far as I am concerned the sick man is demented ( and I wish that when I say demented) that word is not misinterpreted, it is used in terms of mental illness.
I thought there was a political slogan in Dominica, which goes like this ” Yes We Care!”
What has happened to yes we care in the case of this unfortunate man?
In the event they did not want to feed the man the food they cook in their side of the pen, they could have thrown some ripe, or green bananas, or breadfruits in the cage to him so that he could eat and not be hungry, thus causing him to feed on his own feces!
His family as well as their immediate neighbors are heartless people, they have no conscience; they have treated that poor soul worst than an animal, worst than a dog; dogs does not even eat their own feces.
It seems as if our entire population has forgoten what it is like to be human!
Attention Ian Douglas, that is happening in your village of Portsmouth, under your very nose, at your front door, are you going to allow the tourrist to stumble on this man in a cage eating his feces for food, and drinking his excreta for wine, and water in order to survive, while you collect a pay cheque at the end of each month?
How does it feel to know that while you are in your house, living high on the hog, probably throwing away what you cannot eat in one meal, while there is a human living in your town eating and sleeping in his feces?
His vote does not count I suppose, since there is no one to let him out of his cage on election day!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
@ Telemaque
I agree with you. Those who failed him, they all should be arrested, charged, imprisoned and fired where applicable. Let us see what the government will do about this.
I beg to differ! If they had done all in their power, the boy would have been rescued sooner. Are you telling us that they gave up when “Welfare” did no get involved?
I don’t only know of him I remember him being brought to the Portsmouth hospital as a student nurse and was making reference to him in a very recent conversation. I am so very gratefull for this article because i always wondered where he was and wether he was cared for. He was a little boy then but terribly debilitated and malnorished, I guess his condition and life just grew dimer. My heart is so very overwhelmed to hear of his demise, I do feel for the grandmother as well because way back then she expressed her inability to care for him, and had very little love or affection for him. I believe that spending time blaming will only take away from whatever time he has left and we should be the village that raises the child. I for one am greatfull very gratefull for this report, I can’t begin to imagine how much of a turmoil and heartbreaking it was to adress. I sure will be doing my part.
I leave in Portsmouth and I am completely shocked and cannot my Lord for the life of me imagine that horrific matter going on… and I know betsy!! my God… my God… and I know patsy…. really??? patsy??? Sweet Jesus save us from all evil… you never know…. sheeps in wolf clothing.. i tell you…. watch your back people… cause who you think is good…. it’s a devil underneath… I am truly taken back by this nightmare. Oh my Lord… deliver your precious child….
Lord have Mercy, how could the family neighbors and Government allow this to happen, he is a human being, my heart ache for this child.
Betsy, the grandmother, needs to ba arrested now and charged with the crime against humanity. Shame on you for alllowing this to happen. if you didn’t want him you should give him to someone or leave him in the hospital or something. but to put him in a cage like an animal? no one can justify the this inhumane treatment.
i Really don’t understand you ppl every dam thing ALLU BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT WAH THE HELL HE HAS TO DO WITH THAT?
Everything! He has everything to do with it!
oh my oh my oh my Lord.. this is reaping my heart apart to read this…. Lord Jesus, please show up for this precious child and deliver him from these wicked ones. Open up hearts and hands and someone who truly care for the disabled and mentally challenged to take him into their care and nurture him to be the person you created him to be. Let love find him Lord Jesus… let love find him now. Do not tarry oh God, deliver this precious child in Jesus Mighty Name I pray. Amen. Thank you Jesus for hearing my cry….
Dat`s the Curse dat have held Portsmouth and its People for so long…….
stop speaking rubbish!
I rebuke u… Not cursed with you!!!!
the welfare should have worked with the family after it was brought to their attention the family could and should not have to do it alone.it takes a village to rear a child.after the grand mother was taken to court where was the the follow up .the money paid by the department was not the permanent answer.hold the welfare partly responsible.
I hold them 70% responsible
Im actually shocked at this,can’t believe how cruel some people are! I dont get it why some parents even bother making kids when they treat them like animals,If you dont accept the fact your child is born disable then give them to someone who actually love kids and cant have any. Karma is a bitch i do hope they remember that she always does her job. It might take years and if they die their kids are the one who’s going to suffer.
This is absolutely heartless! I live in the community and never would have thought that something like that could be going on. It makes me feel so ashamed. It bring tears to my eyes. I can think of a boy in Paix Bouche of similar disabilities whose treatment is in sharp contrast. Positive cases like this one should also be highlighted. May God give us the love, patience, and courage to take care for our own.
I am so sadden by the pictures especially the second one my hurt aches when I look at this handsome little boy. No one has the right to live like an animal, these people don’t have a conscience or either they are heartless. There is a God above and Curtly will get better and be in good health soon.
I cant believe his family right here in a
comfortable house and have this boy in this cage. I don’t even know what to say, except for the fact that I am heart broken, every time i look at the picture of him in the cage i Want to cry. This boy childhood and all was taken away from him.
We can’t imagine the misery he went through, during the nights in this cage. Poor child I really feel for him. We all must come together to help him. How can a mother and grand mother do such horrible thing to their own flesh and blood?
God continue to look after Curtley and whoever his care take will be please, give them courage and strength to grow to love this boy like he is their own.
OMG!!!I do hope the this young man has been removed from this lifetime prison forthwith.As someone mentioned while we were discussing,the Granny in her big PEPTOBISMOL HOUSE I guess using the same money his Mom is sending and not having the courtesy to inform her of where she has had her child for several years..Alas how could you do this to your own flesh and blood?I would never patronize that food stall of her in Picard.I hope those who are will stop instantly.
I feel so 
On another note,if those in the vicinity of the home did not know he was there how is Mr. Skerrit you all want to know?I guess by now he has been apprised of the situation and I do honestly believe that he has been breathing fire down some necks.The first to be dealt with is the welfare dept.particularly Mr.Anthony…they are the ones paid to see to the welfare of our abused kids and they keep failing them big time.Notwithstanding the Granny and father should be dealt with by the law also.His Mom should have known that she should have never left her kid for her Mom to watch because of how she was treated when she was pregnant…shame on you too for child neglect.I do hope that you are all rewarded duly for such abomination…devilish and cruel act
So where is the mother? You seriously think she did not know where and how he was being treated all this time. She is the first one they need to put in Jail. Francisco Telemaque-Dodds hit the nail right on the head.
Patsy was a very young mother, when she had her son about 13years and Peanut not much older. From the inseption the health department should have been more involve in teaching and training the whole family how to care for the child. We are to bare some shame in Granvilla because we were well aware of the conditioned he leaved in and only spoke of it privately. No one am aware off spoke up or did anything to help. We all wish it away. I am ashame yet happy that someone took a stand for him. Never knew what he looked like because he was alway kept out of public sight even as a baby. He is a hansome guy.
SHAME ON YOU ALL!
Questions needs to be asked by social organisations and other bodies in Domininica why the authorities including the government did not do anything of the this evil situation the child was kept in all this years. We need an enquiry into the welfare department ..heads should role
THAT’S WHAT FOR DOMINICANS TO TALK ABOUT AND STOP MINDING BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT CONCERN THEM LIKE KURT AND HIS CHILD MOTHER, DO ALL YOU WORK DOMINICANS, THATS ALL YOU WORK.CURTLEY JOSEPH,
u sound like a fool!!
this person dont even need an answer
Please think before you reply to a comment, because I for one don’t understand what you trying express in your posting and I think am not alone. I don’t want to call you an ignorant person but my lord you do express yourself as one, I hope am mistaken.
To Concern Dominican, before you reply to a coment, think befor you write. I trying to understand what you are saying and I think am not the only one. I am trying hard not to call you an ignorant fool but my lord your posting have so much to say about you.
A real big fool…oh Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
u sound like one of the guilty ones..ARE YOU?> .
u sound like one of the guilty ones…. ARE U?
when a child or a senior,that can’t help their self,its up to us as a people and the government to step up and put programs or whatever it takes to help them. And its ignorant to think other wise. Its our resposibility to help those that can’t help themselves.
@ CONCERN DOMINICAN
Some concerned Dominican you are. Your head must be in the sand or you are a non-caring, unloving person who has no basic common sense.
These stories of abuse and neglect really get to me. It pisses me off that in a society like Dominica, Curtley is treated like this, especially to the knowledge of the government, the courts and Dominicans as a whole.
Where is the justice for Curtley? Where is his protection of human rights.. to life, dignity, well being of a person?
Why has society failed him so?
Times like these, i wish that Dominica had companies like the one i work for, where, we can sue the government, the responsible agencies, and go after all responsible for violating Curtley’s human rights.
Where are the social activist in Dominica – the fighters for the rights of the poor, disabled and those which society has stigmatised and left at the side of the road?
Where is the justice which the justice system has failed to uphold.
In a cage; by God; this is inhumane, this is wrong, this is unjust!
Dominica needs persons who would rally for people like Curtley.
For once, instead of policitcs…issues like these should rise a cry out of all Dominicans – both at home and aboard.
I’m ashamed, i’m very ashamed, i’m deeply ashamed right now to be Dominican and know that we try to preserve the human rights of others, yet in our own FILTHY backyard, Curtley has been abused, violated, abandoned and castrated by society.
That’s why in America,all concerned would have already been taken into custody and slapped with the necessary charges.
And don’t write back that these things happen in America.Yes, they do happen,but what happens when the culprits are caught?…They are dealt with the arm of the law.Some are never allowed near children again.
@ desy
They do happen, shockingly so and in Canada and no doubt in Europe as we hear and read of through the Media. Throughout the world some children are maltreated. However, as soon as they come to light in the western world, the government, social services immediately will steps in and take the child or children out of the home. The parents or those who are responsible for them will be arrested, charged and imprisoned – those concerned with their welfare. Depending on the type of maltreatment, bail may or may not be set for them or they will remain in prison until the case is heard. Then of course a verdict will be brought against them, some with government paid legal fees to lawyers through taxpayers’ money. This is another reason why we should “kick hell” as the saying goes for especially maltreatment of children; in this case this poor child.
The DA government should learn from this and pass a Law against maltreatment of every child in Dominica. I hope that there is a Law for abused children. Well, this case should fall under the category of “an abused child.”
@ I’m Wondering
The government is speaking about a Bill for bail. The government should also consider and immediately so a Bill for the proper nurturing and protection of children as also the vulnerable, as this poor child. It should not take the government any time to enact such a Law. It is immediately required.
I know Nelista Joseph and Pinky Joseph are big ladies to pay visit to their brother at least once a month but besides they are busy into all other worldly pleasures and ready enough to give people maypwe….When you hear of ur sibling in such a state it dnt leave you to ask ur parents questions? what happen? why?why?and why?But i am not shocked because this family is wicked set of people.When the man rapped mamies niece he run away.The wife never speak…..there is a place for these wicked set of people..Every one shall face their consequences..I wish to help that child
@ Observer
If they are adults, the government should also hold them accountable for they were fully aware of their brother’s predicament and they failed to do nothing about it. Shame on them!
this is a very sad situation, i believe that inspite of someone medical or physical imcapasity they should NEVER be treated this way. i wont go around ponting fingers at the persons responsible but i just urge all involved to remember that theres a god above and when u stand before him u will definetly have to explain to him your reasons for such an action so u better start going down on ur knees from now and bef his forgiveness, also remember once a man twice a child i wonder how d grandmother would enjoy being treated as such if she falls asleep. i am warning what goes around comes around no one deserves to be treated like shit animals are even treated better than this today. shame shame shame
WHATSOEVER U DO TO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS; THAT U DO UNTO ME!!!!!
But what is this for me nah, awa, i dominica, awa awa, this is just sadness, my heart breaks.
Allu serious boy?! Them things there happening in Dominica?! Dominica?! WOW! I know them shit there go on in places like Russia and Africa but DOMINICA?! I cannot believe that one. I doh swallow that yet…..
@ Anonymous
Better swallow it! For it occurred. Our hearts go out to him, little child of God. It is now in the open. We pray that something is done for that poor child.
WAW. Surprised and shocked. I have been a resident of that area for years and never knew of the existence of this young man whose upbringing has shamefully been likened to that on a domestic animal.
Shame on the mother for having neglected the fruit of her womb. She ought to have taken care of her responsibility. How on earth can she live at peace with herself, knowing very well that her child lives in such condition?
Grandma, i would rather not allow my emotions to get ahold of me and as such, i will not speak of your beastly nature.
To the Welfare Department ought to be dismantled over this. You have failed us.
To the father. How can it be said that you have been a frequent visitor? Are you blind? Have you a Heart? How could you have allowed such to have continued for that long a period of time? You have failed your son.
To all of you who knew of this young man’s situation and stood by without having done anything, you will surely be judged.
I have had two disabled family members whose mothers never left the country, even to visit with friends and family abroad, as they feared that others would have abused and ill-treated their challenged children during their absence.
How can such be allowed to happen in the community in which i live? Shame Shame Shame.
I agree. Martin Anthony needs to answer for this. He is aware of this for a long time and in charge of child welfare in DA. He needs to answer for this.
@ Concerned
Let us hope the outcry on this Website will cause the government to do something about it. He should lose his job or be demoted. He failed that child and is incapable of performing his job effectively. I do hope that he is quaking in his shoes.
why write this article without having proper procedures in place in which to help? i want to help. call you ashton? at what number? go to the welfare? but you said they know about it! send money to the caretaker? on what name, what account number? some of us just like to talk and like to be recognised> why did u really write this article? because there is no definite plan in ALL your writing to reall really help this poor young man. you could have organised a method to help him without even going to DNO!!!!!
SHUT YOUR A**!!! Because of this article, the public now knows and the government is now in a position of doing something otherwise face the full brunt of the public.
I am so pissed with your comment. Ashton wrote this to help the little boy. This has been going on for years, and he was the only one bold enough to publicise it like this. So shut up.
why should he keep it a secret?
am quite sure by publishing this article..that this child will be attended to immediately. So thats the plan!!!
To be fair – someone is raising an issue.They are doing their part by bringing it into the arena so that others who are able to can do something to help. He is using his own skills where he can to help. It doesn’t mean he has all the answers. It doesn’t mean it’s his problem to solve. It may well be that you’re the CLEVER one who comes up with the organised plan to help.
HATS OFF TO ASHTON FOR LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHER SITUATIONS LIKE THE STORY THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT. HOW YOU AS A PERSON HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY THAT? ARE YOU HUMAN?
@ for real
Are you without common sense and understanding? The article was written to make the government and Dominicans aware of the atrocity which was committed towards that vulnerable child and that it should not continue; that the government takes concrete steps to help that child and to rectify his situation. This is why it is written, thanks to the writer of the article and DNO. DNO is the Media and has every right to post it.
Our positive views are also necessary and important in condemning this atrocity. Generally, government steps in to do something about it. I do hope the DA government does just that.
We have not yet heard the politicians’ views especially the elected one in the riding where the child resides. We are awaiting his views or is it that they are too ashamed to say nothing? Ashamed or not they are obligated to speak up and condemn what was done to that child and what is the government plans to rectify it and give that child a better life. The government owes it to the nationals of all.
THIS BREAKS MY HEART I HOPE SOME THING IS DONE TO HELP TO THIS
IS CHILD
Every one who had the slightest idea what so ever about the POOR child/person….should be held responsible…and be punished……. the ones directly involve should have the tables turn, have them sleep in his bed for just a one night…set them free and then one more week, do this for just 40 days they’ll know what neglet feels like..If I was given the chance to dump them in that cage and lock the door.. the keys would never be found…
wicked M…..f*********
The mother should be brought back to Dominisa and jailed. She has neglected her duties. She has no right to burden her mother with her responsibilities. A grandmother is only capable of taking care of her children, not grandchildren. Grandmothers never do a good job with such responsibilities. They either spoil the children, or neglect them because of failing health and strength.
On another note I do hope that the authorities assist this young man immediately. He is God’s creation and he deserves to be treated as any other in this nation with respect and diginity.
Oh! The mother is overseas? Who was taking care of that child? Whoever she left in charge to take care of her child should also be held accountable. If she is abroad and she has one bit of a loving mother’s heart, I hope she returns as soon as possible.
Furthermore, if she is employed, she was in a position to assist him in whatever manner even while abroad.
I can’t finish reading this, i am crying too much.He wasn’t born an animal, but being treated like an animal has him thinking that he is one.This woman should be in jail.To the new caretaker, just be patient with him he will get better.That’s why i like america,if she was in the usa she would be in jail.
and they need to put her in the same cage she had him for all these years shame shame shame that is so sad, never leave ur kids for any body because u never know ,but she need to be in jail where she belong, sad.
I never thought I would see children in Dominica living in those kinds of conditions. After all what happened to the times when your neighbours would feed you. It seems like I lived in a different Dominica. If a mother isn’t doing what they are supposed to be doing, its our responsibility to care for that child.
DA has changed…..and not for the better. We need to go back in time when community had some importance.
This is sad. I’m a mother and i can’t imagine treating my own child like that even if she had 10 disabilities.
Alas, Alas, Alas. I don’t just want to sit on computer and say do something! I want to do something. I am going to do something. I don’t know where to start, but by God is my witness, Curtly Joseph should be out of this situation.
The young man needs love, care and 24/7 attention. But who is going to take care of him?
We need trained professionals to deal with people like him who has been neglected for so long.
Let’s make this story a national story. Take it to MATT if the government who is fully aware of it is doing nothing to help this young man.
you all like to put government in everything. if all you man or woman leave is government
Someone should be held to account for this shameful act of human rights abuse and severe neglect.
The head of welfare services needs to be suspended from duties until a full investigation of the matter is held.
I agree with you 100%. It should definitely start on the Welfare division. They to should be charged. You mean this is the best they could do? Shame!!
It was the head of the welfare who went in and remove the child from the abusive situation, got a caretaker to look after the child while all others turn their backs.
Someone should be held to account for this shameful act of human rights abuse and severe neglet.
The head of welfare services needs to be suspended from duties until a full investigation of the matter is held.
Is she in jail
As one said, whenever something of this nature happen in the USA, all involve would be behind bars no bail,the Welfare services fail this child, the families knew all along they need to take then in custody and send them up to stock farm for a long time, also if the grand mother received any money from the welfare division she need to repay all the money, this is sick your own flesh and blood, Oh Lord
WHat happens in the dark most come out in the light it has just started for you people of portsmouth soon time will tell especially for those evil mined and them witches down there them gonna burn
HANG ALL OF DEM WHO KNOWS
So his mother doesn’t remember she have a child somewhere…that grandmother need blows! How u can have your blood eating popoo, doesn’t she have a heart…..alas.. Skerrit building 27 million dollar place and that going on in our country, that’s y I will never vote, fire burn all that wicket and ignorant minded people!
lets not begin to make that a political issue but lets blame alll the persons who knows about this but has help in keeping this child in thatr condition . now that its reported and we all no about it find ways of helping and dont pass blam on government. may God have mercy on the souls of the mother grand mother and those who have turned a blined eye to this wicked act
stupes..the second sentence of the story says not much residents from possi kno bout dat how do u expect SKERRIT 2 kno? it’s only now the story is out.. everything in dis country involves politics 2 some ppl
like the prime minister is expected to make a personal visit to every household and check their backyard too.
It’s not about Skerrit knowing! It’s about building what is needed! And that Palace, IS NOT NEEDED!!!! Where is the rehabilitation center that is NEEDED?????
@outrage if you are ignorant that means you dont kno of a particular situation or not educated of a situation. now that been said how you expect skerrit to help if he is IGNORANT of the proceedings.we to like to blame government for mishaps. what should be done is ppl that is aware of the situation take some drastic measures to inform the authorities on wats happening.There are so many avenues to attack this situation and only then when you have involved the government you then start to make these statements cause they are no longer IGNORANT of the situation.God bless ppl like ashton to make this bold step, at least it has created some improved for the guy
In my humble opinion, I strongly believe that both Curtley Grandmother and the Welfare Division should be held accountable and take to court for neglect and breach of human rights inflicted on this young boy. All the pain, suffering and traumer that Curtley endured was not inflicted by one party i.e (his grandmother) but also by the authorities which clearly let him down in the most dire time of need (his childhood). THIS STORY REALLY BROKE MY HEART NOT LEAST LEARNING THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MY COUNTRY. THIS IS SO DISGRACEFUL AND SHAMEFUL ON ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE. Curtley may the good lord alleviate you from all your suffering from this day forward. The most high is in control always – not man.
In my humble opinion, I strongly believe that both Curtley Grandmother and the Welfare Division should be held accountable and take to court for neglect and breach of human rights inflicted on this young boy. All the pain, suffering and traumer that Curtley endured was not inflicted by one party i.e (his grandmother) but also by the authorities which clearly let him down in the most dire time of need (his childhood). THIS STORY REALLY BROKE MY HEART NOT LEAST LEARNING THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MY COUNTRY. THIS IS SO DISGRACEFUL AND SHAMEFUL ON ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE. Curtley may the good lord alleviate you from all your suffering from this day forward. The most high is in control always – not man.
shame shame on the grandmother she should never do that at all that’s your grandchild no matter what that’s your blood
DNO be careful what you guys write, and please get you facts straight before publishing. Patsy has NOT broken ties with her mother. She also helps finacially with the care of the child. Im sure of that.
Honestly, SHUT UP!!! Just SHUT UP. Helps financially and so what? Your child is living in these conditions and u r helping financially what? The child is obviously not seeing any of the money because he eats sh** to survive. You should be ashamed to come on here and post this rubbish. Obviously, you are one of those who know about this and keep quiet.
thank u even though u still have to take of ur grandson that ashame me personaly i would cut her up in 100 pieces nonsence that lady doing steups
finacially!!!?? 2 hell with finance, the boy needs love and care, he may b mentally ill bt he has feelings too u kno.. money can’t buy love
he was not mentally ill his problem was not walking and because of he not walking and been treated like that with no love and not eatting on time and snarking he turn out to be mentally ill.but what i am saying when the grandmother go to work how was he eatting . if a fisher man lost at sea he eats raw fish and what he get so what you want the boy to eat the poopoo that there and that is if his cousin was giving him a snark now and then .all she must see she have child and it still young something can show up later down the road.
I had no intention to comment but this comment has provoked me! Are you serious? “She also helps out financially”? OMG! From the very onset the Grandmother cordoned off part of her veranda and kept the child there yet the mother was happy to leave him there! He was then put in a small structure, fed on the floor, eats his own sh** and you can’t tell me that his mother did not know this. She turned a blind eye! And then, the FATHER comes by every now and again. How do they sleep at night. I can’t imagine my ENEMY eating their own shit much less my relative. If I am unwilling/unable to care for him, take him somewhere where he can get care! Chups.
your wicked son of a bit.. you read the article u view the photo and you saying his mother is taking care of him i dont even know how to discribe u. stupes
She helps financially thats why he’s still in a cage eating his sh**!? You are a wicked idiot! Shame on you. Pretentious freaking small minded people! Just look at this boy belly! Anybody if you patsy george is in states call the embassy! Anywhere you know she call the authorities.
FINANCE IS NOT ALL……………LOVE IS THE GREATEST!
SO let me get this right. Her child living in a cage like a pig and all you have to say is that she helps financially. I think they should deport her from where she is, and send her back to live in that cage.
Please God, turn our hearts of stone to flesh and blood. I had a disabled sister and she was very much part of our family. Many people told my mother to put her in a cage for her to starve to death but my mother did not listen to them Praise God! These children can be so loving and they are in our lives for a reason. When It was time, my sister when quickly and peacefully. People remember God is seeing everything and whatever we do to the least of his children, the same he will do to us.
We can sit here all day bashing his parents and the system for failing him, But this little boy does not have a computer to read all thats being said: What he has is a Soul, a Heart, and eyes to see and feel change .. We can’t undo what has already been done to him. it will take a lifetime. but we can make sure he sees and feel his world changing. We don’t need government or welfare! I’m ready to be part of that community. where are you? CHANGE IS CALLING!!
his family have no heart,no love and they are not human beings,,,this is so,so, sad.i pray to god for this young man life..where theres a will there is a way…
I looked at the photos again and i just had to comment one more time. Could someone tell me how these people could sleep at night in such a well painted house (at least the outside) with I hope all that they need and not think of this young man out there in the dark, cold, and hungry, with all sorts of insects especially mosquitoes biting him all over every night. And in the morning they would bring him some food.
THEY KNOW HE IS THERE, THEY BLOODY WELL KNOW HE IS THERE. And they chose not to seek out help for him, by speaking to another person who could speak to someone else who knows someone who could help, and so on….
I am getting angry now, I will stop…
I was thinking the same thing, how can you live in such a nice house and your own flesh and blood is outside in the dog house.
i leave in portsmouth and i dont leave to far from those people and i dont know there was that thing going on never heard of it sorry to hear
ohhhhh no i cant believe that….. in this day and age? well if is betsy that selling fruits and vegs in picard i am ashame of you my dear lady. and one day your turn will come when you will get the same dam treatment for what you do. its a 360 degrees what goes around comes right back around. my my my. i wish i had a room to put him. ohhhhhhh no!
WE SEEMS TO BE BLAMING THE GRANNY ALOT AND SHE DESERVES EVERY BAD WORD THAT IS SAID ABOUT HER,BUT LETS NOT FORGET THE FATHER WHO IS MORE THAN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS CHILD EVEN IF HE IS ADMITTED IN ONE OF THE HOMELESS INSTITUTIONS,INSTEAD HE STANDS ON THE ROAD SIDE IN GLANVILLIA AND SELLS FISH EVERYDAY AND NOT DOING HIS FATHER ROLE,THIS IS A HUMAN BEING THERE IN THE PICS BEHIND BARS WITHOUT COMMITTING ANY CRIME BUT BORN DISABLE. PEANUTS IS AS GUILTY AND WICKED AS THE GRANNY,THIS BEING OUT NOW,WE NEED TO SEE THE ACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL CONCERN OF THIS BOY IN A DOG CAGE EATING HIS OWN SHIT.WE ARE GOING TO WATCH!!!!
He is a great DAD to his other kids. he could have done better for the one that needs it most.
What a very sad case. I am ashamed of our people. We are supposed to be christians.
It’s so so sad to know that such a situation has existed in blatant view of so many people,for so long.Shame on everyone who knew and failed to do something about it.Does his Dad have a wife?I read of other children.If so,shame on her even more.If your husband has his own kin living in such filth and you are aware of it you are no better than he,the mom or the granny.I have always questioned the way the welfare division deals with cases.I t seems the only abuse for Anthony and Ava and others concerned is rape and even then so little is done to help the victims.Welfare division personnel,step up and do the work you are charged with doing.It’s a heartbreaking to know that someone was paid to take care of the young man,while he still lived in such deplorable conditions….shame!shame!shame!on the welfare division personnel who knew and ignored.I would also hate to think that the parl rep had any knowledge of this and turned a blind eye….but again,that’s what he does best anyway.I do hope and pray that this young man can be placed in an environment where he will be given the love and attention ,he has been robbed of all the days that he has lived.
what neighbors dont look for each other any more? no one said anything this is a shame i cant believe it i have a 9 year old what happen to the dominica we had what go wrong with our peolpe i remember when i was growing up my mom would live us with the neighbor or anyone of her friends they would feed us comb our hair and bathe us when my mom come home from the garden we are well taken care of. we dont live like that in dominica any more?
OMGOodness!!! This was too disturbing to continue reading….poor boy. A person is a person no matter what, and this poor boy’s humanity was taken away from him. God bless you Mr. Martin Anthony and Ms Mary Laville for giving this poor boy some love. Truly a blessing and this is the saddest story I’ve heard this Christmas season. Let’s take care of everyone and not neglect the handicap nor elderly.
wickedness to the max. all these bad mind people must burn in the lake of fire.
This woman is a danger to kids and they should charge her and put a restraining order against her to stay away from children, grand, great grand any child period, she is not human, this woman is a beast
Can someone please take this man to hospital to have him medically checked. From what I can see in the photo, besides being disabled, he looks mega malnorished. Please, Please.
I feel for him as a parent. I think society needs to come together to help him as a civilized human being. We need to treat him as a child that needs tender love and care and not as a grown Adult.
By the grace of the ALMIGHTY he will put through. He was born in the image and likeness of God.
I am not one to cry, but this breaks my heart. I am reading this, and as a parent, tears are streaming down my face. He is a child of our soil and bosom. He has a heart and soul like everyone else. Some of us have dark hours when things don’t work for us, but we can always uplift ourselves. He has had a lifetime of dark hours, but no one has been there to uplift him.
Being born into this world with a disability should be even more reason to give him the special care and attention he needs.
I commend the author of this article. You have shed a glimmer of light into a very dark part of the world.
Now, someone must answer for allowing this atrocity.
shut your mouth stewie….there are facilities?……….why isn’t he in one……and why isn’t my friend’s daughter in one….this is 30 year old with the mentality of a baby…..the only thing she can do is feed herself and nothing else…she don’t know that she need to pull her underwear down when she need to urinate…..there is no money to buy adult pad/pampers…she need round the clock care… and when you got to work……..the house has no running water… and the house stinks….she constantly spills over the pail of poo poo when she is having a bowel movement…. don’t eve talk about when it’s that time of the month…that is just some of the horror that some people have to go through…….it is stressful stressful stressful
can you imagine comming form work with everyday to find poo poo all over the floor
@ tiny
This is why they should approach the government for assistance. The government should build a home for the handicapped/ mentally and physically challenged. A home was built for abused children. Why not one for those whose parents are not able to take care of them?
so what are you suggesting? that these kids should be discarded of? i understand that it can be stressful emotionally and financially having a kid like this however kids are for keep.why didn’t the mother seek help in trying to train him at an early age? it’s her kid she gave birth to him and for that reason he is her responsibilty! her responsibility before anyone elses!God bless you Curtly! God bless you baby!
thumbs up if you think this story should remain number one for the next two weeks
till the life of this young man is significantly changed for the better!!
@ hanna
…And for more weeks…, until the government comes forth and does something about it. I vote it the Number One Story of the day, week, month and year.
DNO we would like to see follow-up-stories to see what progress if any was made.
Skerrit send all of them that know about that suituation.stockfarm please.All you degrading SWEET DOMINICA AYE AYE. I didnot know DOMINICA have SOMALIAN in cage. God shine your blessing light over this boy.I said jail dem. magraw sa.
This is a lapse of the Welfare Department and a lapse on the part of the government agencies responsible. People will commit crimes, it is up to the necessary authorities to enforce the punishment. THEY KNEW, THEY KNEW, THEY KNEW!!! And they allowed it to continue for years!! You take the grandmother to court and what? What was the result? The boy has never been taken away from that environment. It did not take Welfare office two months to take Zang child away, yet they admit it is years the man is living in that condition. God will deal with the parents and grandparents but SHAME ON THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT!!! If the grandmother had a joint, the court would find a place in Stockfarm for her, why not for this?? This is a worse crime!! It is a crime against humanity like we have never seen!
I think the welfare Department has to go to court and answer to how can they be giving 300+ for the welfare of the man and there was no followup to see whether he was getting the care shame on the welfare department
thumbs up if you think this comment should remain number one for the next two weeks
This is pretty disturbing and sad that this is happening in our country. I hope after this the authorities take a bit more action than was was already taken. We can’t go on while somebody is living among us in such conditions regardless of their mental capacity.
the evil that man do lives with them and if the authorities cannot jail those responsible then the authority is just as guilty. so much money u making at the sharks by ross and u treating a human being that way.so if david did not die no one would get to know that story.shame shame shame.
Ok now enough. This young man must be moved to the grotto home as a special case immediately. The head of the welfare department must receiving his walking papers ASAP. Also, the welfare officer charged with this case needs to go.
Then the grandmother, aunt, mother and father must go to stockfarm and visit Charter’s Hotel for an extended vacation at the tax payers expense. I still cant believe in this modern day age in such a god fearing country like ours that we are streating a human being in such a shameful manner. All those involved in such a criminal act must remember that GOD ALMIGHTY does not sleep.
Please refrain from saying that Dominica is a God fearing country. This is a lie, firstly, this is not the first case of these things going on in this country. Remember recently on the Chronicle a man was chained to his chair, secondly, this is not the first case of a child living in a cage like an animal.
Thirdly, just go down to Roseau on Friday and Saturday night and you will see what a God fearing country Dominica is. Please have respect for God, do not tell untruths.
This is a sad situation.
no sh** shirlock
This is so sad
If we read the story carefully, we will understand that the welfare division is well aware of the situation, in fact they have taken the grand mother to court and she was charge for neglect. After this, why did they not find a proper home for him? they left him in the same delapidated condition and paying his aunt $3oo a month to bring food for him to bathe and clean him. After she brings the food, feed him and maybe give him a bath and she goes back to her home, what is left to happen to him? He is left on his own, in the same dirty pen, there is no toilet, so he deficate and urinate right there, and eat what he can from it because that is what he knows to do. Doesn’t the welfare division knows that? Of course they do! Do they even care? Absolutely not because they would have done something about it since it was brought to their attention. the $300 contribution they give to take care of him every month, I am pretty sure not even 5% of it is spent on the boy and the attention given to him by the care taker, certainly is not worth all that. If the care taker doesn’t have place to house him, why doesnt she maybe take him for a walk, take him to her home for a while, maybe to watch tv or for she herself to talk with him and show him some love? I think the personnel of the welfare division has brought the organzation to disrepute by the way they have dealt with this situation. It seems like they really don’t care just like the parents.
Amen. I couldn’t agree with you more. Shame, Shame, Shame.
And guess what….the caretaker is his aunt…the daughter of the grandmother. SMh!!
@ Righteous
This sounds like cleaning, bathing and feeding a dog. Oh my! How sad! How could the aunt live with this on her conscience, seeing her nephew in such a condition?
I once heard through the Media of people or a couple in Ontario of all who either adopted or fostered many handicapped children. Of course, those who do need to have a big house. The government pays them monthly. The children were well-loved and taken care of. I do recognize it takes time and patience. People must have real love in their heart to do this. The only alternative is to build a home for them with appropriate employees as nurses and health care workers, etc. It can be done. The government should make this a priority.
This story breaks my heart! Never knew there was stuff like that going on in my country. and what is more disturbing is that the authorities knew PEOPLE KNEW about it and did nothing for so long.
SHAME SHAME SHAME ON THEM!!!!! esp the WELFARE DIVISION!!! THE FAMILY MEMBER who has him living in that condition you mean to tell me people are that heartless. God be with him and I hope something is done to alleviate his living conditions.
please everyone there is two sides to the stroy
shut up your dam ediot is people like u that does those crime againts humanity there is no justification to this its unacceptable period
And what ‘side’ justifies a person being locked in a cage for the better part of his existence to the point where he barks like a dog?!!
i would like to hear the other side to that story wi! smh
Well tell us the other side. I am sure everyone would like to know the other side of this story and I am also sure that it wouldn’t make a difference to how we are all currently feeling about this man’s situation.
We would like to hear your side of the story.
Yes 2 sides. The side of the mother and the side of the father. 2 worthless excuse for human beings.
@ Anonymous
What two sides? There is only one side and it is about what they did to that child while receiving $300 monthly for his nurturing, feeding, clothing and housing. What did he receive for that? To live as a caged animal? I am informing you that I and others who comment about this are extremely upset at what happened to that poor child. If you do not see “this one side and one side only”, something is wrong with your brains and mentality. You are such a two-faced person.
I’m in shock & tears…. This is pure NEGLECT… shame on you
and one more thing….some of these handicapped individuals need to be tied to prevent them from hurting themselves..from constantly knocking their head against the wall and so on….so what if he was also tied ….what would you people say……you guys have never been in this situation so you have a whole lot to say………..
there is no justification for their actions, there are facilities for people like that so dnt try to justify their actions! this is inhumane
you all disagree with this user comment but its true,
There are ways of dealing with this situation. Love, kindness and a happy loving home can make a difference. He is not a dog.
there are two side to every story but i think we can all agree that the way the situation was handled by the adults in charge are completely inhumane. there is no justification for such treatment. What ever he does, its not his fault because he doesn’t know any better….. I have a friend with a mentally disabled child he is now in his thirties. He can’t form sentences, bathe, clean up after himself and he can’t even eat without supervision. Yet with love for her son she literally does everything for him and may even continue to do so for the rest of her life. Even after death her son will be taken care of because she taught her children to love each other, each of them took part in the care of their brother at some point in life…. Its all about love… How Human can you be if you allow situations like this to occur.
boy u a reall tehbeh
@ tiny
I have previously responded to your comment. There is a better way of handling them, not as caged or tied up as an animal and it is through the government, social services, a doctor, proper medical care and pharmacists. Children or adults are not animals and therefore should not be treated as animals. Do you understand what I mean by that? Put on your thinking cap.
What have we come to as a people. Before one was a care taker of the other now we treat people like animals. My God this is a shame. no man ought to live in such inhumane conditions people treat their pets so well and yet we look at out brothers suffering. this lady she better ask for forgiveness. when you think of the word grand ma or granny you think of the lady yo can go to when you are hungry or when your mother lock you outside u know granny will open her door. Grannys are meant to spoil you rotten with love and care and not have you in such distressing distasteful state. I feel for you young man as a nation I think we all need to go back to the days and be each others keeper.
That story is really heart breaking. It really stirs our emotions and leaves many unanswered questions. It also sheds light on our ability to share our love and compassion.
Some have called the grand mother “a pig” and have asked the authorities to “jail her”. I am reading about a granny who reached her breaking point. Caretakers need training along with financial and medical support. The child’s mother and father abandoned him because he was mentally challenged. In extreme cases, these kids are a handful. He became a danger to himself and other vulnerable ones around him. He definitely needed specialized care. He also needed speech and physical therapy. Some of them do need restraint but in a humane way. They definitely need to interact with normal human beings to develop their mental faculty.
But we cannot insttutionalize every mentally challenged child.Loving and caring families are best for everyday interaction. Many homes for the aged and infirmed and the mentally challenged are also known for abusing those in their care.
Finally, for those of us who would jail granny, you know someone who :
-has abandoned the sick in the hospital;
-has abandoned someone in the infirmary;
-has abandoned an aging or even blind mother for your other sister to care for while you are in greener pastures;
-has refused to give a hand out to the Iris Capula and “Daddy” type homeless;
-has never given to charity although you think that government should house and feed all the mentally challenged, aged, infirmed and disabled!
I challenge everyone to make a difference in an unfortunate person’s life. Enough talk already!!
@ Sout Man
You have no idea about those who comment on this story; who they are and what their lifestyle is like nor should you as much as try to delve into their lives and whom they care for or not. This is their personal business whether they do or not do.
A serious matter of neglect of a child was reported and this is what all of us should be concerned about and comment about.
I would not call the grandmother a pig or an animal. It is not a nice thing to do. No one should call her such names. Our duty is solely to comment on the article and to condemn the treatment of a vulnerable child.
She should be arrested though.
It is a case for the Dominica authorities to handle and they better handle it and appropriately so. Otherwise it will be reported to those international agencies who handle child abuse cases of countries, if they have not yet heard about it.
Then let the DA Government, the Police and the Court decide on the grandmother’s situation, capability and mentality.
There are times the Court could be somewhat lenient based under the circumstances. However, there are some other people who should be held accountable as the Social Services, the boss and the employee who knew about his case and who were responsible for his case. They did fail him.
The father, grandmother and his aunts should have done more for the child and this is to lobby the government to find a suitable home for him, be it in the Infirmary. They are all equally responsible.
We cannot make excuses as well for those people who are employed in homes who abuse the vulnerable. There are ways of getting around that. When their actions were found out, they were fired.
The government is well-versed about what is occurring in the outside world. They should train the workers appropriately and also place cameras in certain areas to monitor them or have the supervisor monitor them. Honest workers/employees are of absolute necessity.
Yes they can be institutionalized so that they are well-cared for. This is the job of the government to take care of its specifically vulnerable citizens.
I am always positive that something could be done for them as in the case of this child. To make excuses or use other situations as excuses to exonerate those who were responsible for the child is wrong and also irresponsible.
Rest assured the many people who comment and were moved by this sad story of child neglect will not allow it to rest until they have heard what steps the government, social service have taken to assist him. They should keep this story afloat, at least for now.
@ Justice and Truth:
I acknowledged the serious nature of the matter at hand but while most people tend to be reactive, I want to be proactive. I am not making excuses to exonerate anyone. Why would it be personal business for those who abandoned their aging parents, the sick and infirmed? Why do you want to limit my comment? That situation arose because many good people did nothing and said nothing. They probably thought that they were minding “their personal business”.
Just like the many priests in your religion, the Roman Catholic Church, who raped and sodomized hundreds of little boys and were transfered by the bishops instead of being disciplined or prosecuted. The Pope is yet to discipline a single bishop for the cover up. One of the Cardinals from Boston now lives in the Vatican. Have you said anything on behalf of the victims?
Now that you’ve read his story, What can we do as a people to help this little man? don’t just sit on your computer, lets Start something. The younger generation will follow in our footsteps. This is our world. And he is part of it. Lets bring him in !!
And den ppl tell me Dominica not too easy on Allu in foreign the grand mother, mother, father even dem in the welfare that know bout it would be locked up for a loooonnnngggg time
Jail every single person who knew.
I agree.Iwould jail from captain down to cook dat is pure wickedness.allu cyah tell me it hav any other way to deal with dem ppl who kno wat goin on…JAIL
Shame on Nellista and Pinky, Allu know allu had a brother like that in Glanvillia. And you people did nothing to try to change it. All of allu guilty!! I’d jail allu backside!!
Shame on Albert too
Yes shame on him indeed because i just read a comment by him on one of his mother facebook photo saying ” the best mum”. if she is the best mum, then he is the worst brother!!
SHAME ON DIONNE TOO!! stupes
Wait a while his mother have face book? All who read here should go and expose her on facebook. Expose them!!!!!
@takenaback on such an issue here u come with your political spin…. ask the parents of disabled children how many times they have went on Matt in the morning show to voice their concerns…. if the person who broke this story on d.n.o had gone to matt…. he surely would have taken it up… let’s say for politics sake… matt can always spin it and make it look bad on gov’t since the welfare department falls under the gov’t responsibility…. not saying that is the case but since u want to get all political with it
@ mouth of the south
This article and the comments could prove instrumental in forcing the government to do something and to enact and/or enforce the Law to ensure that all DA’s vulnerable children as this child be given proper care.
I am certain that the government’s administration heard of it and will read the comments. Let us hope that they do something about this child. I do believe after they have read them they will do so.
If per chance the grandmother was unable to do anything or was shy to do so, is not intelligent enough to speak up or did not bother to do so, something will be done. Keep in mind the government was paying a monthly income of $300 to take care of the child. Therefore it is the government’s responsibility to investigate this matter and hold those who were responsible for this child and to ensure that in future the child will be properly cared for. It is only our business to comment and to condemn it.
Nationals who have heard and read about this child have a duty to fulfill. The government has a duty to fulfill towards him.
MARIGOT, is only today I got to know about that young man and I leave in Portsmouth.
So PLEASE do not blame whole of Portsmouth.
Is the people who knew about him and did nothing that should be ASHAMED of themselves.
If you all read the story carefully, you will understand that the authorities are well aware of the situation so this means it must have been reported to them by someone or many people in fact.The only people that can change this young man’s situation is his family, the government and the welfare division and they are all aware of the situation so if anyone is to blamed, it is no one else but them especially people like mr. Anthony who is constantly in the media talking like he is concern about the welfare of the less fortunate kids and this young man who is in urgent need, has been neglected by him and his organization
Dominicans sooo nosey how the hell on God earth people did not know or see something give me a break
For years in Dominica, special need people are being treated like animals, so please
@ God’s child
While you are correct may we consider that anyone whatsoever who knew about this child should have reported it to the proper authorities. Keep in mind we are each other’s keepers – our brothers’ (sisters’) keepers.
As Our Lord Jesus Christ said, although spoken about spiritual matters but which could be applied here: “Those who knew and did nothing, it is a sin. They will be severely punished and punished the most.”
is now all you realize it have wicked people in Dominica? let them smile for you but remember face is not heart.the boble say by their works you will know them so donot make excuses for these people.
wait a while!! all you serious man? this is real? we cant just comment! lets do something lets petition , lets do something.i am going to find out about this and strive for change. there must be a solution.
I totally agree with you, Dominicans like to demonstrate, well this is a situation that trully deserve demonstration so let me see those demonstrators put their money where their mouth is. Demonstrate for an immediate change which will allow this young man to live in decent condition and for his parents, and grand mother to be punished for their wicked treatment towards him especially his mother who seems to be living a happy life like she has no care in the world while her son is left to suffer.
@ God’s child.
A promise is a debt especially to God. Persevere in it and get others to do likewise.
Indignity to a child, a human being indeed! This should never have happened. The children! The children! No knowledge of God, no church and no school? He was brought into the world through no fault of his. It was mandatory that his parents took proper care of him.
How was this allowed to go on for 10 years when the Social Services was aware of it and gave the mother $300 for the care of the child? It is like a lifetime banishment and punishment for what he did not do. It is negligence also on the part of these authorities.
The government should conduct an investigation about that. Where are the Human Rights/UN?
Children are to be taken care of whether they are normal or handicapped. This is an order, a commandment of God and an obligation of parents.
How the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ burns to see what occurred to this God-given precious child.
My heart hurts, even at a distance, overseas, for this poor child.
Fellow Dominican residents, Christians of all, all of you who feel compassion for this child should offer some concrete solution, even some financial help that he may be placed in a home to be properly cared for. He did not deserve this type of animal treatment.
Most of all the government should find an immediate solution for this child and not allow him to remain in a cage as if he is an animal.
Parents of this child, God will hold you accountable for what you have done to your child, denying him the basics of life.
If they were in the U.S. or Canada of all, the child would have been immediately taken from their home. They would also be arrested, charged and imprisoned. I would think that this is the Law of all countries, to care of their children and the vulnerable.
It is shocking and to know that the mother and father were not forced to take better care of their child and be IMPRISONED for failure to do so, by DA’s government authorities is beyond my comprehension.
This situation is not one to be taken lightly. Those authorities are also equally responsible and for failing to perform their job adequately. They were incapable of doing so for allowing this child to continue to live under such conditions. They should be fired. Surely, they could have done better than that, than provide the mother with $300 as she continued to treat the child as if he was nobody, did not belong and worst than an animal. If she had a dog, she would have treated it better than her child. What a shame!
The parents had no compassion for their child. They do not have a heart. They deserve imprisonment.
Now that this has come to light, Government, please do not allow them to go unpunished for you too, God will hold you accountable. Seek better accommodation and better treatment for this child.
For God’s sake, this is a human being, a child, why did they do this to their child, a vulnerable one who needed their care? If the mother of all was unable to take care of the child, she should have notified the authorities since the child was younger. He may have received proper care and be a normal child. Such a type of incarceration could have led to his mental incapacity.
Those who knew about his dilemma and who did nothing about it are equally guilty. They turned a blind eye. They could have notified the authorities, incognito.
We are not here for ourselves. We are to assist others, the vulnerable in our society in whatever manner they need help.
Our Almighty Father, bless that child and help him in Jesus Name I pray.
how can anyone do this to someone… did she not have a heart….. she was well off in her big block house..while he was kept in a cage like some kind of animal…..this breaks my heart…
Ma. Betsy, I did not know that you heart was sooooooooooooo BAD. Your own grandchild? Even though Partsy take her way and go, but the child is in your care. And Mr. Peanuts, SHAME on you. For you to have your FLESH & BLOOD in that condition and you are in Glanvilla EVERY DAY? The child did not ask to be born, God brought him to this earth through Peanuts and Partsy and that is what PEANUTS, PARTSY, MA. BETSY & OTHER OF MEMBERS of the family did? ALL of you are guilty.
SHAME on the authorities to have let that go on for so long.
SHAME on the GLANVILLA people who knew that was going on and did nothing.
Just remember GOD IS WATCHING.
all forms of abuse is wrong…..it is challenging to take care of a physically and mentally challenged individual in Dominica…..he obviously needs round the clock supervision…so how is he going to receive that when his grandmother is working …SHE does not have the money to pay a caretaker…would you leave him in the house by himself to urinate and defaecate all over the house?(grant it that these people don’t have the income to purchase adult pads/pampers) a pamper may not even prevent him from messing up the house
should he be left in the home to pull down and destroy every thing in sight? is a good thing he is not a girl because menstruating would be another problem and he would have been at a high risk of getting raped out in the cage….
he should have been fed…his food should not have been put on the floor….but regarding him eating his feces…maybe there was no way of preventing it….what if he immediately does that as soon as he have a bowel movement….what if one need to be there at the exact time of his bowel movement to prevent him form eating it and smearing it all over the place .
his current care taker is being paid 600.00 i think and i bet that some of that money is being used to buy him stuff such as food and soap.
i know people with family members who are physically handicapped myself and it is HARD..i asked one of them why not take her to the institution in the area where she could receive constant care…. i got an angry look and i think i deserved that look…because it is obvious she had been trying to get her handicapped child in there but could not.. i mean who wouldn’t, i think the child was way too much work for her too handle….not enough space i guess…WE NEED SUCH FACILITIES IN DOMINICA
I would just burn dat lady. Fire must touch you. God sees all things. Its a damn shame when d/ca need to be moving forward dem pagans and badmind putting it backward. I doh know why d boy doh bite off their hands when they come and feed him. God coming for his people. Perilous times ehhh. Hmm.
Bringing the woman before the court and placing a fine on her does not AND DID NOT solve the problem. His father MUST be held responsible as well. I know that it’s not Dominicans alone whether in D/ca or not that read this news clippings, so with the help of God and a truly concerned person, this young man will soon get some well needed assistance and care.
I now urge the Government to look into the matter and maybe come up with a solution quickly. (And the “Government” does not mean the Prime Minister. it’s all of them, them too that wish to consistently boycott parliament.)
SHAME ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF PORTSMOUTH THE WELFARE DIVISION, THE GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA,POLICE, AND ALL WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS CRIME AND DID NOTHING.SHAME SHAME SHAME , WELFARE PEOPLE WALKING A ROUND WITH BOOK AND PEN WASTING TIME WHILE THIS CHILD IS IN THAT STATE
First read the news properly most people of Portsmouth do not know of that situation. I live just about 5 mins away from the area and I Know nothing about this just fond out after reading this. Do not put blame on the whole community blame the mother and father that abandon their child and who helped to have him in this state.
I don’t know anything about that boy and I have lived in Portsmouth all the 22 years of life. I read over the place the writer stated he was from how many times just to make sure is Portsmouth the writer really wanted to say.
That is ridiculous I tell you. You mean to tell me those people have the poor boy in that kinda of misery boy all that time. Jah boy!
This thing made me vommit! I am so sick right now and the image cannot be removed from my head. How….how can people do that????? What makes it worse is seeing these people and never having imagined the possibility of them doing something like that. Wicked, evil set of people. but this; i never would have imagined this….
I always knew Patsy and Peanut had a disabled child but I never would imagine the situtation was far beyond that, I personally never saw Curtley until today in the article.
Neighbors, former reps, mayors, counsillmen/women, authorities, the government, parents/guardian (Betsy),family members and ALLLLLL who had a visual understanding of this matter and did nothing..I’m leaving all u to The Heavens. Guilty, guilty, guilty!
This is a shame, heartbreaking, very sad, crazy, thoughtless and more!! To you who post this article, better late than never. I will rally with those who want to and support Curtley because at the end of the day he is a human and a son.
Are you all overwhelmed by this story? I’m not. Years ago I worked for a furniture company and a story was aired on Marpin TV featuring a woman who has now died and her two daughters who lived liked animals in LaPLaine. As marketing mgr I looked into this and discovered that these two girls were educationally challenge, mentally sick and with learning disabilities. they ate their faeces,lived like dogs because they had a dog who was their best friend. The council, the government all knew of the story and did nothing about it. I feel proud that the company I worked for provided decent washing machine, made repairs to their home and provided food for the family on a monthly basis.Water and basic living facilities were provided to them. What made me cry was when I gave one of the girls a packet of biscuit she grabbed it out of my hands, threw it on the floor, ate stones, biscuit, and the faeces that were on the floor together. The entire place stunk of urine. It was a heartbreaking moment to see that people lived like this in Dominica. I am very happy that I was able to help. I really hope that these girls are ok now that I’ve migrated abroad. hope the authorities do more now!
That is the most shocking thing about it…these people can afford!!!! This isn’t a case of severe poverty, or the family not being able, or anything like that. This is a case of simple pure wickedness. And to think that people in the area did not even know of the existance of this boy untill now….that man dear is what is beyond shocking!
That’s so sad…Did not know there was someone actually staying in there…I must thats wickedness and that the grandmother should be jailed and pay for what she did to this boy..
Hon. Minister for Social Services, Permanent Secretary of that same Ministry u all need to do a serious shaking up at the welfare Division. After this story and many others that the Dominican public doesnt know about, the Division is asleep. Staff of this Division are just getting paid for sitting around, taking pride in other things and sleeping when there is soo much work for them to do. U have cases pending for years and all they do is repeat the same set of process. U call them or u go there, they fill out what they call an intake form and for years not a dam thing happens. Madam Minister and Madam PS do something fast. One of those days somebody will get fed up with that division and u all may not like what will happen.
Please keep this story up until Monday morning or at least republish…this should be a national conversaton. DNO, I would recommend you take this under your mantle and question authorities on why they knew about this and did nothing to change it.
We need an investigation into this matter…
god is watching us all the time dont worry curtly ur reward is in heaven
jail betsy now
What about peanuts, his father
Of all the persons who were obviously touched by this story and felt that others should do something. What are you GOING to do about this?
Too many of you always think about what others can and should so but not what you can do. We are all part of society, and we are all our brother’s keepers, so whether you are in DOminica or not surely you can play a part in helping this young man.
Our society has helped breed caretakers such as this one. There are no accommodations for the mentally challenged and the disable. Children are treated as outcast and caretakers and guardians are not provided with any help. It is an overwhelming situation, with the mother and father absent, the poor granny was placed in a position and this is the result.
In Dominica there are many more situations where mothers and fathers have placed their children in the care of the grandparents. The children are receiving love and care but they are becoming delinquent and while not mentally challenged are a menace to society. So parents need to step up and stop leaving their children for the grandparents to care for. If these parents are overseas, they should be sought for and be given subpoenas to return home on vacation.
is this betsy who sells food in picard
yes indeed. I just can’t believe it
I am a parent who is living overseas and left my children with their grandparents. my children are neither delinquents or menace to society. i came home regularly and instead of being applauded many comments were ‘why dont you just move back home you here every minute’ i am proud of my children and the way they turned out. I am proud of my mother and family who helped me and I am happy of the move i made to leave the country at the time that I did. I sorted my life out and that of my kids. Being a single parent was hard i made a difficult decision and it worked. it isnt about leaving the country its about what you do as a paent when you have left. there are many parents who do worse jobs than those who leave their kids behind fathers who see their kids daily but do not check them those who deny their children. the mums who love the streets and dressing more than their kids. it isnt about where you are but about who you are and the love that you have for your kids. though we are continents apart i even help my kids with homework and look over their projects before they are handed in. its about individuals and the choices we make not about where you are as a parent. Do not generalise we are not all cut from the same cloth. I prefer to cut both my hands off than hurt my children or any child. I live for my children my very existence and my will to survive and become a positive influence is so that my children become strong, intelligent and influential black adults in the future. i understand your point but not all of us who have left have neglected our responsibility and not all our children are delinquents some of us do well and right by our kids and families and moving abroad was a benefit not a disadvantage.
Where is Matt, and Lennox when we need them the most????
u mad if they had direct ties to the pm then so takenback u on your own with that
breaking news breaking news curtley case has just been heard on bbc news breaking news
it will be on CNN and the AP will be taking it up soon.
Can’t comment. This is disturbing.
Disturbing or not, this is where you are wrong. Your comments are needed.
i can’t believe that… these are things we read about or see on t.v in other countries… but to think that a family n guardians would keep someone like this for this long is a shame… even the neighbours should hang there head in shame… because to keep silence on such issue is almost like supporting it… how can one live like this… how can u accept to let your child live in a cage… at least put the child up for adoption.. someone out there would’ve stretched a helping hand… in dominica where food is abundance… where we are so loving… and regardless of the comments u may come across on d.n.o regarding other issues… dominicans are warm-hearted and peaceful who simply love and enjoy our sewo…. but this story right here begs the question…. are there similar occurences happening in other communities in the island??? if there are and u know of such don’t keep silent… speak up and i think d.n.o should offer people a level of anonymity when producing such articles since it does nothing but seeks the best positive outcomes… if u know of such situation in your community or anywhere else u should speak up…
what’s heartbreaking is that… this isn’t a ‘hidden’ issue.. the welfare knows… so does the judicial system in the north knows… the neighbours know… relative family and friends of the family know… all in all i’m guessing a good number of people in possie should know about this… and to think of it… this guy isn’t much or less older than i am…. i’m thinking wow…. this young man has missed out on life completely… to think of it… they have denied him an existence… because until this man gets the help he needs i’m afraid… he isn’t thinking or existing like a human and that is a heartbreaking truth….
so wait!! welfare found out has sme1 caring for him and still left him in the cage. this welfare officers has no knowledge about these type of situations. the cage is not gonna help him!!!
This is so sad,how dare someone to treat anyone or this boy this way! i will say bravo to the writter,thank you for opening the eyes of many!
Hat’s off to the writer indeed – how long has he personally known about this story – and since writing and publishing the story has he or anyone else gone to the location and made an attempt to clean up the young man – to purchase pampers for him – to feed him – just to keep him accompany – to treat him like a person……..
i am unsure how many of them, but now that you know will you?
you to dam bias your stupid fool
Why do you all think that anybody can just enter in the people’s yard?
SHAME SHAME SHAME ON ANYBODY THAT KNEW ABOUT HIM AND DID NOTHING. NOW IS TIME TO PUT OUR CARING HEARTS WHERE OUR TALKING MOUTHS ARE. THIS IS DOMINICA? I CANNOTT BELIEVE IT. BUT I FEEL IF YOU GO THROUGH COMMUNITIES YOU WILL HEAR SIMILAR UNTOLD STORIES….GOVERNMENT HELP HIM PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE,
And I bet the grandmother is in church taking communion every sunday. How some people live with their deeds is beyond me. Sometimes its hard for me to believe that all sins weigh the same when i read about stuff like this.
im hoping that the catholic church condemns this in all form maybe they will not because they never condemn buggery and stop givin betsy communion read revelation 17 it describes the church as a whore and the mother of harlots
This is inhumane,unbelievable,destructive,shameful and disgusting.My heart is bleeding and i want to say thank you to whomever brought this story to us.I am ashamed,embarassed and tearfull.A human being should not endure that heart-wrenching treatment.Animals get treated better than that.I am sorry.My heart is bleeding.
Mr. Anthony and the authorities should also be help responsible for this young man because they are aware of the situation for a very long time based on the information given in this story. that boy should be placed in special care or maybe he should be at the hospital. they can put him in those special bed with bars all up so he can be control but at least he will be in a proper bed and decent environment, he will be able to watch tv and interact with different people. the wrong and injustice that has already been done to this young man, can not be undone but better can be done from now on, this situation should be change IMMEDIATELY!! not later but right NOW! Oh my God, you mean these things happening in dominica? what about the PM talk about every child having an enducation, a home etc? isn’t he a human being too? He was robbed of his innocence, his childhood, his adolecense, lets not let him be robbed of the rest of his life, please do something now.
I remember there was an elderly lady in the same village of glanvillia whose house had gotten damage after the earthquake and she was kept in the hospital from that day until her death a couple months ago so there is absolutely no reason why this young man can not be put in the hospital if there is no other place to put him. I doh even know what to write, vex, I vex like that.
When people commit crimes and run away to other countries, the authorities of those countries work together in capturing those people, so lets see it be done in this case. his mother leaves in st. thomas, go find her and let her suffer the consequences of her action.
OMG!!! What???? Thought this could never happen in our country… This is heartbreaking. This young fellow suffered throughout his entire life. His poor mom, because of her inabilities to supply, thought it would be best to have her own mom assist and to her dismay, her son is being treated worst than an animal. My God!! I am really thankful that this article is being published so we know how heartless some people are. The grandmother should be punished severely. How heartless. It is going to take years to “try” to help this poor child. I am really sorry to hear of such distasteful behavior by an individual, matter of fact, by a “mother”. I pray that those who will be assisting in improving this young man’s health,, that God will give them the patience and love to “fix” this condition.
his poor mum? what you mean poor mum, you self more wicked than the mum. If she had care for her child she would not have abandone him, she can not say the last time she visit him, maybe all that that cause the granny to get frustrated, mind me, I don’t support her behavior either you know because i belive she herself needs to be punished for treating the boy like that but please don’t come and show mercy for his mother because it seems like she doh have a heart. I just look at her facebook photos and she well dress looking sexy and seems to be enjoy the best of life while her son is left to live like an animal. shame on her!! find her i say, and deal with her accordingly
What poor mum? Do you seriously call her a mother? Even if she left and went elsewhere, she should still be in contact with her child, not somewhere else enjoying life. She should be charged with child abandonment (I know she left Curtley with his Grandmother, but his Grandmother didn’t give birth to him). Since leaving, has she had more children, how is she treating them?
Yes the Grandmother is heartless, she deserves to be punished, but let us leave her to suffer in her own guilt.
All those aware of Curtley’s plight should be ashamed. The person playing Social Worker shoud be sacked (I’ve always said that Social Workers in Dominica are clueless). Now its out in the open, lets see what happens next.
His poor mom? Are you kidding me! This man is not 26 months, he is 26 years. You really thought she did not know?
The sad part is they paid his aunt to so call take care of him. They should find someone outside of his family.
I read this and lost my words. All I can ask myself is what can I do about it? Likewise all of us should do the same instead of blaming anyone.
Maybe if we had a child like this we would have done something similar,
He is not the only neglected child. Some leave healthy children in hospital much less …
What we need to read here is tangible solutions that begin with I will ….
the evil that man do lives with them
s0 true
Jailllll for guardians
My hat goes off to the person who wrote this story and put it out there so the rest of the world could know… It is heartbreaking to read but hopefully this story is what was/is needed to get this child the attention and care that he so desperately need. It is really sad indeed… God bless you for bringing it to light!
This story profoundly touches and challenges our humanity. THERE are many people who call themselves Christians yet, I contend, they do not fully understand the essentially humantist message of Jesus. Caring and loving someone like Curtley Joseph is what Jesus called for, transcending our fears, prejudices and selfish interests.
All those who are writng, will call themself godly folk, right, so why did not neighbours, or the person who wrote the article do nothing about the situation. Why is it the government, the child have a father, why did members of the community not ask the father to see about his child. Children are their parents responsibility.
…and citizens are the states responsibility!
We sewo, we are known as the happiest and kindest people in the world but I NEEEVVEEERR would think of that happening in dominica. They need to lock that woman in a cage for a good while see how she feel. and she have a nice concrete house to the front eh…my God
ADMIN: Thanks for casting due diligence to the winds in that case. The plight of that boy hurts to the core. There are others like Curtley, God bless his soul, and we must quietly and purposefully seek them out and assist. Government cannot do everything, and Government is already helping. We too, can help and we will help.
I have got a question, ADMIN. Can you by answering this post find out the status of the proposed Drug Rehabilitation Centre that Government is supposed to be setting up? I ask this because of the many addicts on the streets who are in conditions almost like poor Curtley’s. We must help Government in helping those people before they reach crisis proportions like Curtley. My heart and prayers go out to the boy.
ADMIN: We will look into this matter.
Nemo, you said we must help the government..Do you know how many times we have readched out to the Government and they do nothing? Instead they busy building mansions that they DO NOT need, riding around in different expensive rides at the cost of our taxes and living foolishly and lavishly when that is uncalled for.
On another note, a DRC (drug rehab center) is really needed. And like u said..the government proposed the center..so you see..they know but they just WICKED!
Reminds me of a similar case in reserve few yrs ago he was living outside his mothers house welfare division must hv visited too late poor chap died at fifteen or sixteen
The author of this story must be commended on her/his bravery to expose this injustice to a human being, a child. this is unbelievable that a handicapped or mentally challenge child would be kept in a cage like an animal. had this child given the opportunity to live in a normal surrounding he would learn to speak which his little brains are desperately in need of. shame on the government this case should be brought to the humanity organization the government of Dominica needs to be prosecuted for this case. someone on a higher level needs to be held accountable
I grew up in Glanvillia, I’ve known Betsy and Gilford (Peanuts). But not in my wildest dreams have I ever come up with something like this. This is definitely a shocker!! Its a horror knowing this is happening in the town. This young man should be rescued immediately!! Thumbs up to the publisher of this story!!!
you have my full support on this but dont worry curtley shall overcome the darkness with the light of hope the bible says forsake not the little children
it is sad to know in this day and age that someone would want to see a human being kept this way , its a shame and disbeliefe that a child was put on this earth to be place in a liveing codition like this . he was not ask to be born but was anyway i cant believe that this grand mother /and mother could sleep at night knowing that this poor child is out there i nthe cold hurting inside nothing to look up to it hurts and as i write this teares streem from my eyes to hear about stories like this where are the home that are built for person in these condition why does a child who cant ask for help has to go through this where is the love of the mother to make this cild smile a laughter to heal is heart o my god i am disguess about this . and cant think of anything to say good about this parents of this poor soul . please please take this child out of hie misery, pain and uncare that he is going through pm please do some thing about this anone please help this poor young man who cant cry for help
taking a close look at him, I can see he looks like his sisters that living at their father home
My god in Dominica in this day and age?? what HAVE THE GOVERNMEN. MINISTRY OF HEALTH , THE MP FOR PORTSMOUTH, THE WALFARE DEPT and othe concerns body in Dominica doing about this situation . all othe the above new about this situation before???
the Pm needs to jhavea enqury why this situatuion was never investaged ???
We are talking about next level give this yoiur urgency..
Really sad indeed, brought tears to my eyes. Both parents should be held responsible for this young man’s situation. If he was given the chnace to interact with people, he would have some what learn and develop better since he is able to mimic what the dogs do, means he has some level of understanding. It is really appaling to hear of those things right in your neighborhood. This child is a human being and needs love and attention and the authorities should find the mother, charge her, also the father and the grand mother who is treating him like some kind of alian. May God has mercy on his soul
that lady is a pig
she isnt a pig she is still human that doesnt have a heart
This is torture!!!!!!! Very sad, unfair and purposefully wicked..so disappointed,God surely punishes!
i am so sad to hear of this. even more dissappointed in the fact that normal people, normal human beings saw this, knew of this before and said nothing ! i remember of the Delices case a few years ago, i cant believe that this is happening in our beautiful island. is it that the welfare department is inefficient ? seems so to me
Lord have mercy….so where is the mother? The grand mother was fined, what about the mother and father?
This is what you call criminals to the bone….
What a shame, I thought we were a caring and loving people, that loved family, friends and even strangers….this is a real shame
THIS IS SO SO SAD
That just upset me! change my whole view of
You mean Mr. Martin Anthony is aware of this and it is still going on? Why isn’t this child in the care of the state? How does taking the grandmother to court really help? There is something seriously wrong with this picture. It’s time that all these cases are exposed. We need Marpin and Sat or individuals to start posting these stories online. This is shameful and embarrassing to us in Dominica. It’s about time that gov/private sector build a home for these extreme cases.
Shocking indeed, shocked to the core and sad… If you ask me these are the social issues the media in Dominica need to be putting their energies behind and not politicians.
The media is supposed to help make change and bring matters like this to the public’s attention.
They have the power to make a difference and I know that first hand because as a journalist I have have effected change to make people’s lives better when I worked in Dominica and believe me money can’t buy the gratification that comes with helping people. The Media in Dominica is too caught up in politics and partying when there are so many social stories out there to write about.
It looks like the media people in DA have lost their responsibility to effect change.Instead they are busy fighting personal issues in the news and politicising every damn thing!
The pen is powerful, as the saying goes it is mightier than the sword. For God’s sake use the power of the pen to effect change of simple things that are wrong and can be corrected. It just takes some passion and commitment to help others. Do the right thing my fellow media people, do the right thing.
never heard of this b4 this is inhumane.
I touching is this story I concur that the agencies involve are doing there best to address the situation. The state needs now to address this case and the many that are unknown or may not be in such severe conditions. PLEASE USE MY TAX DOLLARS TO BUILD A RESPITE CENTRE IN PORTSMOUTH.
These are the kind of things that flash before our eyes on television during a 30 seconds promo, and we would say wahhh Africa is poor. then continue on our merry way of life at least a way that is better than what we had just seen on our screens. we never knew or may have known and paid no mind to it, but it is happening in our own Dominica.
LETS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LESS FORTUNATE IN OUR SOCIETY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION WHERE POSSIBLE IN CASH OR KIND TO THE MANY INSTITUTIONS THAT CARE FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE ONES IN OUR SOCIETY.
THIS BOY IS THE CHILD, GRANDCHILD, BROTHER, COUSIN ETC OF SOMEONE…
NOT I BUT HOW…thanks
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ON THE ONLINE NEWS. I PRAISE YOUR HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT AND EFFORT. IMMEDIATE CLOSURE MUST BE GIVEN TO THIS CITIZEN (FIRST A GOD-CREATED HUMAN). THERE IS ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE COALITION OF DISTRICT OFFICERS AND OTHER SPONSORS. I WISH TO KNOW MORE SO I CAN ASSIST WHERE POSSIBLE IN RESTORING THIS MAN TO HUMAN DIGNITY. IF YOU KEEP THIS UP, YOU WILL DESERVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION (AWARD)FOR YOUR WORK. THANK GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU. THANK YOU DOMINICA NEWS ONLINE.
WTF????
omg.
sadness all around the world
there is a house of hope in delices …. see if there is any hope for him there
DOMINICA TO THE NEXT LEVEL.. VERY SAD INDEED!
Lord have mercy. We see the level of poverty that exist among us yet we see the need to build a $27 million state house. Let’s set our priorities Dominica and not play politics…..
this is incredible in this day and age,his grandmother,mother,father,tout moundo need to be at stockfarm prison so that they will experience what isolation,lock up,and neglect is all about,this people are criminals in my books.
This is a severe case of neglect and abuse. This should not have gone on for 26 years. Shame on all involved, including the welfare office. This young man’s condition (the ingestion of his bed sheets, mattress and other indelible items) is called Pica and is often triggered by traumatic events. I cannot begin to understand what this youn man has been subjected to in all his years.
*inedible*
where is his mother, what is she sayin about that?
his mother living the life overseas, check out her face book page. read the story to get her name and search for it on facebook
This brought tears to my eyes! How can a human be treated this way?? This is just so sad!
I cried after reading this story and I pray that we as a people, Christians, Dominicans be more giving and compassion to people who need our help. This should never be happening in our country. I am sure there are other situations like this in other communities. We need to stop looking in the opposite direction when we see things like that and say it is not my problem. We need to show more love and be true Christians. This is really sad and brought tears to my eyes and I ask myself one question. “Would I have done the same thing, look away instead of trying to see what I could do to help this child?”
I’ve just received this very sad news from the Dominica Overseas National Association in London. I am not going to judge any of the people responsible for this young man’s care as I believe that there is possible an issue of mental health in the family. It’s inconceivable that anyone, particularly in Dominica where we are such a caring and loving peoople that anyone sane can do this to their own. I am pleased that the Authorities are now involved and I am sure that our Prime Minister, a caring man that he is will ensure that this young man gets the care that he so desperately needs. Many of us in the UK and I’m sure elswhere would love to help in any way that we can. Let’s pray for the family, but most of all, let’s ensure that Curtley is taken care of.
Much Love
this is uber wrong! why is this isnt blowing up on the news island wide?? why isnt the p/m community saying nothing…PM? Ian?? Shem?? anyone??
You forgot to mention all the religious leaders, and everybody who knew about this!!
HOLLY GOD, WE WERE NOT BORN TO LIVE THIS WAY ,PLEASE MR.PM OR WHO EVER IS READING THAT THAT CAN HELP DO SOMETHING TO HELP THIS BOY ITS A VERY SAD SAD STORY TO READ .
boy that lady not easy how she can do a thing like that u calling yourself a grandmother.
This is a very touching story. No child should be allowed to live in such inhumane conditions. The authority really needs to help this child urgently. :
wat i seeing dur,i seeing dt cgae 4 years an i neva kno is a boy dt living dur,wat i seeing dur,an pip neva say nothing,wat is rong wit possi people,after all dose years.now,hmm wat a shame,no one shoud live like dis.