Northgate Youth and Family Development Foundation

The Northgate Youth and Family Development Foundation (NYFDF) is an expression of a vision to participate in the process of nation building and development in a constructive and meaningful way. We believe that if successful nation building is to be achieved, there must be a deliberate focus on the strategic development and facilitation of the potential and energies of our young people and also the family structures to which they belong. The NYFDF was incorporated as a charitable organization under the Company Act of Jamaica 2004 on July 2, 2008. Vision Empowering Parents ... Developing Youths… Defining the Future… Mission The NYFDF exists to impact and build young people with strategic initiatives designed to develop sound morals and pristine character. The NYFDF aims to equip and empower youth towards becoming productive citizens and to uncover, activate and deploy their God-given potential. This will be done through careful, strategic development and conducting of systemic impact, programs and projects geared towards assisting family structures and equipping children and youth to realize their full potential in every area and dimension of their lives.

Ochi Family Run

The Ochi Family Run will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. under the theme, “Run Together, Grow Together”.  The Ochi Family Run will allow families and friends to run/walk together for building great memories whilst raising funds for the Northgate High School (NGH), the Northgate Education Fund and for the establishment of a mobile Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) Lab to support the development of scientific minds of students in surrounding Ocho Rios schools, who do not have access to a lab.

This initiative will serve as a platform to assist in the educational and personal developmental processes of economically disadvantaged children and young leaders seeking to attend NorthGate High School.