About

Predestined is a registered charity committed to Women’s Empowerment and Wellness. The organization was founded in 2017 and provides support for women in distress regardless of their life’s status. We work to empower marginalized inner-city women and girls through transformational retreats, workshops and conferences, and equip women in general with the knowledge, motivation and where possible, the resources necessary for the repositioning of their circumstances.

A powerful support network for women, Predestined focuses on the empowerment of those who have been limited by circumstances in realizing their full potential. It affords women the opportunity to connect with other women who may provide strength from their own survival stories.

Since its 2017 launch, Predestined has served the needs of our women through annual transformational weekend retreats, International Women’s Day Conferences with the inclusive Men Affirming Women approach, affording men the opportunity to play their part in affirming the strength and power of our women. Our conferences are generally free to the public. Predestined is currently self-funded with minimal contribution from participants where necessary.

Every year, we secure experienced speakers from different spheres of life to address our female audiences and the various events. Past speakers include Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Motivational Speakers, Entrepreneurs, Pastors and Financial Advisors.

Predestined targets global women’s empowerment as the catalyst for social transformation. It is our belief that given the critical role women play in keeping the marriage and the family together, their empowerment and wellness will automatically strengthen these institutions, and ultimately make for stronger societies and economies.

We believe all women can embrace who they are,
can define their future, and can change the world.

Our Mission

To rescue, empower and redirect women and girls whose lives have been negatively impacted by circumstances, transforming their lives, and helping them to effectively reach their full potential. To employ a holistic approach, governed by good moral values as supported by the Bible; and social interventions in the form of transformational retreats, workshops, seminars and conferences, skills training, and other social and wellness events, to prepare women and girls to live their best lives while positively impacting the world.

Our Vision

Goals & Objectives

To become, a globally acclaimed brand renowned for our work in the empowerment and wellness of women and girls; transforming their lives through a holistic approach which includes Biblical ministry and social interventions and reform.

The organization is committed to working to achieve the following goals and objectives:

1. To establish, acquire and manage houses of refuge for women and young girls through local and foreign missions; to work with the residents towards restoration and transformation through and social transformation and empowerment programmes, releasing transformed women into the society to positively impact the world.

2. To improve the health, economic and social conditions of indigent, distressed and abused women and young girls, throughout Jamaica, through the solicitation and redistribution of clothing, food and money and other basic necessities; and to utilize same and any other means to further the cause.

3. To secure, plan, organize and execute skills training, and empowerment and wellness events, seminars, webinars, conferences, workshops, training camps, health fairs, transformational retreats and other social reform programmes for women and girls.

4. To solicit financial contributions, and stage fundraising ventures to establish and manage an education fund to aid students in need to fund higher education, giving them an opportunity to pursue their life’s goals and realize their full potential, assisting with tuitions, acquisition of books, computers, educational materials, uniforms, sporting equipment and gears for individuals as well as schools and learning institutions.

5. To solicit accept and use contributions of funds and other materials and property for the support of the objectives described above.

6. To liaise collaborate and partner with international bodies organizations and institutions having similar or compatible interests as those described in the objectives set out above.

OUR FOUNDER

Keisha Thomas is a Certified Master Life Coach, a Minister of Religion and an Experienced Marketer. For more than seventeen years she served her local church by leading out in the Marriage and Family Enrichment Ministry, organizing retreats, seminars and workshops in support of healthier family and marital relationships in the church and the surrounding communities.

Keisha is passionate about the concept of growth by experience. She believes that everything that is allowed to happen in one’s life, even the most painful experiences may be leveraged in realizing one’s destiny. She believes no pain should be wasted.

The guiding philosophy behind Predestined is that those who have overcome specific challenges ought NOT to shamefully deny their past, but be empowered by the experience, and become strength and hope for those now struggling with the same challenge….sisters who overcame stuff, reaching back to help sisters get through those stuff.

Meet The Team

Esther Thomas

Medical Student

Donna Pengelley

Minister of Religion

Heather Wilberforce

Social Worker

Dr. Carone Gordon

Author

Sarah Coleman

Transformational Life Coach

PARTNERS

Helping Hands is the charity arm of Awe Centre Ministries, a 501C3 company registered in the United States of America. The organization has been in operation since 2018, and over the three- year period has distributed more than seven thousand grocery packages, feeding more than two hundred families every month. Beneficiaries hail from various inner-city communities across Jamaica.

The Helping Hands Ministry’s newest project is a pop-up food bank which visits a different community unannounced each month. Majestic Gardens was the first community to be visited, with more than a hundred food packages.

Contact Helping Hands at helpinghandsjatv@gmail.com