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Full name: Ralph Jean Joel
Birth date: June 23, 1993
Residence: Trinity House
School: Edouard Megie
Class: Sixth grade
When joined SJF: 2000
Previous SJF residences: St. Joseph’s Home for Boys
Relatives at SJF: Son of St. Joseph’s founding mem ber Arnold
Activities involved in at SJF: Boy Scouts, choir, art, dance, Trinity soccer team
Favorite activities: Dance
Favorite foods: Rice with bean sauce, spaghetti
Favorite subject in school: Math
Dreams for the future: To be a journalist
Ralph is the son of Arnold, one of the founding members of St. Joseph’s Home for Boys. His mother abandoned him when he was six-months-old and he lived with his father. His father struggled with several issues and sometimes mistreated him. Ralph ran away once after being beaten by his father and went to the police station. The police knew his father was a part of the St. Joseph Family, so they took him to St. Joseph’s Home for Boys and he started to live there. His father agreed to allow Ralph to live at St. Joseph’s because he knew it was a place where he would be cared for and valued.
Ralph’s father was sick for some time before he died in 2007 and as he saw his life drawing to an end he made an effort to be a better father and to be a good influence on Ralph. Ralph and his father developed a good relationship before Arnold died. Arnold took comfort in knowing that Ralph was now a part of the St. Joseph Family and he had a safe home to grow up in and people to care for him.
Ralph said, “It was hard for me when I lost my father, but I am happy he did not leave me on the streets, but in a family where I have everything I need.” “I wish one day to become a real man, where I can have a profession and take care of my brothers and sisters.”
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St. Joseph's Ralph
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