Last Christmas Jenny Tryhane's dearest wish was rather unconventional. It was not for those things which typically are thought to make the season bright such as lit-up Christmas trees, or sumptuous treats of ham and great cake.

Instead, all Jenny wanted for Christmas was shoe-boxes – hundreds and hundreds of them.

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United Caribbean Trust has established a Caribbean equivalent to Samaritan's Purse Shoe Box Ministry.

We have now extend this project into the Christmas 2007 season.

Seen here children in Dominica at the 2006 Christmas party.

Seen below the children of Haiti receiving their Easter Make Jesus Smile shoe boxes.

Thanks to the children of Barbados that made 200 children very happy.This project has now extended to become a family affair!

All of these children are now a part of the Child Sponsorship Program

United Caribbean Trust has a deep desire to be an expression of the love of Christ on earth, bringing hope to children in Haiti and Dominica responding to meet the holistic needs of the child – physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Sunday Schools have become involved, seen here the little ones from Abundant Life. Well done

We want Make Jesus Smile to be much more than a shoe box ministry, receiving this gift means so much to the Haitian child the Honduras orphan and the Dominican Carib Indian.

Seen here Jenny Tryhane, Founder of United Caribbean Trust with children of People's Cathedral Primary School last Easter.

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Seen here the Head boy Nicholas Rose and Paige Wills the Head girl from Wills Primary School at CBC Morning Barbados, on Universal Children's Day November 20th 2007, sharing with the Barbadian public how good it was to help the children in Barbados and encouraging them to also get involved.

UCT's Make Jesus Smile shoe box project has been a great success and it has proven that the children on Barbados and we believe the Caribbean enjoy actively helping children that are less privileged than them.

A special thanks to all the 'hands of help' that helped to sort the boxes and get them ready for shipping, a great big thanks to DaCosta Manning for donating the warehouse for our use.

Out of this has been birthed the idea to introduce the project into the Community Centres and into the School Summer Camp.

Thanks to the Caribbean Development Bank After School Care 'All Stars Club' who did a wonderful job on shoe boxes this Christmas.

Whilst at the Community Centre the children will be taught a simple but efficient Disaster Mitigation programme

Secondary Schools got involved this Christmas, seen here Harrison's College leading the way.

Taking part is so easy - by simply filling a shoe box with a range of small items suitable for a child of your chosen gender and age range, you can send a ‘box of hope’ to Haiti, Honduras, Dominica and Carriacou this Christmas and New Year.

Please ensure that you wrap the lid separately to the bottom and put a rubber band around the finished box.