ARK in the Media

Christmas charity campaign aims for a gift under every tree

‘Why doesn’t Santa come to my house?’

It’s a surprisingly common question at this time of year from some of the most vulnerable children in Cayman. For some families, the challenge of keeping the lights on and ensuring there is food on the table has to be prioritised over gifts.

Living on the beach – family’s search for shelter highlights housing crisis

Jennifer Kelly spreads her picnic blanket in the generous shade of a grove of sea grape and casuarina trees and watches her children surf a piece of ply wood in the waves

Community builds new home for senior who lost everything in fire

A senior citizen who lost her house and all her belongings in a devastating fire, has finally got the keys to her new home.

Primary school sensory room aims to boost student well-being

A playground for the senses. A sanctuary for self expression. A canvas for creativity. These are just some of the ways community leaders have described a new sensory room at Sir John A. Cumber Primary School that is designed to help students learn and regulate emotions.

Student assistance hub marks one year

A local charity took a major step almost one year ago to help students get access to the resources they need to thrive in school and life.

From living in an abandoned craft market, to a second chance at life

Shirley Christian takes a gentle puff on a cigarette and looks out from her sunlit balcony at Sunset House across the Caribbean Sea. The hiss of air compressors and the clink of dive tanks being readied for the afternoon boat trips is just audible over the rush of the waves.

Community to build new house for senior who lost home in fire

A charred and weathered family bible was all that Marva Bodden salvaged from the fire that destroyed her home in George Town.

Tara Nielsen and Her Acts of Random Kindness

Over the past 16 years, Tara has devoted her life on-Island to others in unique circumstances of crisis and, along with countless volunteers, continues to demonstrate kindness through loving acts of service.

Lack of homeless shelters while housing crisis looms

Faced with no alternative, Olivia Sanders and her family were forced to live in a tent on the beach last month; the decision, though difficult, reflects the reality of a woeful lack of emergency housing in Cayman.

Home sweet home for ARK after ‘miraculous’ community effort

Cayman charity ARK celebrated a ‘dream come true’ Sunday as new Governor Jane Owen cut the ribbon on its new home following a four-month community effort to revive a neglected government building.

Community builds new home for ARK

A charity that has rebuilt homes for some of the most underprivileged families in Cayman, is finally getting a place of its own.

ARK invites public to opening of new community HUB in West Bay

Acts of Random Kindness (ARK), a Cayman Islands-based non-profit organization dedicated to acts of service, invites community members to join them for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday, April 30, at 12:30pm, to celebrate the formal unveiling of their first permanent home in West Bay.

CIREBA partners with Cayman ARK (Acts of Random Kindness)

The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) has pledged a generous sum of CI$75,000 to the ARK’s CASA (Home Improvement) Program.

Brick-by-brick, tiny home project tackles housing crisis

How do you address a problem as large and complex as Cayman’s housing crisis?

Toddler flies to Jamaica for life-saving treatment after community fundraiser

A 3-year-old child has been flown to Jamaica for life-saving treatment after a rapid community effort to raise funds for the air evacuation.

The house that hope built: Community project brings fresh energy to housing crisis

A cool breeze blows through the home on Frenchman’s Drive as Stephen and Janice Trusty welcome an assortment of well-wishers to their front porch.

Cayman's ARK CASA Project - Mr. Charles | 2021

At RoadLife Ent. we're all about giving back to the community that supports us. What better way to do that than starting with the home. Mr. Charles (like many others) has been living in less than desirable conditions, but with the help from ARK he was able to get a full makeover, equipped with wheel chair access for his home!

Tiny home project built on community kindness

ARK’s first new-build project – a tiny home for the Trusty family in Frank Sound – will be a genuine product of community kindness.

Could tiny homes help resolve housing issues?

Purpose built ‘tiny homes’ could be part of the solution to finding shelter for families in crisis, charity Acts of Random Kindness believes.

Closing the divide: Education programme expands into West Bay

An innovative education programme that provides intensive extra tutoring for children from underprivileged backgrounds is expanding into West Bay.

ARK students celebrate Christmas

Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness hosted students from its primary school programme on Sunday for a Christmas party at Grand Pavilion.

Paddlers complete historic round-the-island journey

The noise and smoke from the Pirates Week celebrations were just beginning to clear over George Town, when Jasmin ‘Yaz’ Muratagic and Eoghan Ryan quietly slipped into the harbour to make their own historic landing.

Refugees turn to Cayman’s ARK for safe shelter

It has been more than three weeks since A. Serrano and his wife, Y. Rodriguez, left their rental house in Newlands and faced life in Cayman without a place to call home.

Auction raises US$48,000 for Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness

Provenance Properties recently raised more than US$48,000 for Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness charity in an online auction.

Greenlight Re donates US$100,000 to local charities

Cayman reinsurer Greenlight Re has dontated US$100,000 to charitable organisations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help Cayman residents most in need.

Sinclair Group donates vehicle to ARK

The Sinclair Group (Sinclair Corporate Services Ltd and the law firm Sinclairs) has donated a Jeep Liberty car to help charity Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness deliver meals to people in need.

Special Report: Hunger, humility and hope amid humanitarian crisis

There have been no customers and no income coming in for months but the chefs are busier than ever. As the headquarters of ARK’s Kindness Kitchen, the restaurant prepares hundreds of soups and hot meals every day.

Caymankind nourishes the community

Not all heroes wear a cape. That’s evident in the groundswell of support to help the community in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

Curfew cooks could help feed hundreds

As the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis deepen, a Cayman Islands charity is harnessing an untapped resource – people stuck at home with an excess of free time and good will.

Charity seeks support to help needy

Charity Acts of Random Kindness is mobilising to help support families in need during the coronavirus crisis.

Acts of kindness that make a difference

Since 2006, Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness — better known as ARK — has endeavoured to change lives for the better in the Cayman Islands.

Acts of Random Kindness expanding its education programme

Beaming with pride, Lianni Heslop reads aloud for the camera. A year ago she would have struggled with the words and would not have had the confidence to read for an audience.

Community helps rebuild home for single mom, daughter

As home transformations go, they do not come much more life-changing than this.

Saturday fundraiser for charity Acts of Random Kindness at Salty’s

Charity Acts of Random Kindness is hosting a community barbecue and fundraiser at Salty’s in Grand Harbour on Saturday.

Irish Jog to benefit Random Acts of Kindness

The annual St. Patrick’s Day 5K Irish Jog at the Britannia Golf Club will raise money for Cayman’s ARK – Acts of Random Kindness – this year.

Anonymous donor gives $50,000 to Cayman’s ARK

A local nonprofit with a mission to perform random acts of kindness in Cayman has recently been the recipient of a major random act of kindness itself.

ARK delivers food gifts for Christmas

Some 4,000 blue envelopes containing food vouchers were distributed to families islandwide this year by local charity Acts of Random Kindness in its annual “Giving is Receiving” campaign.

ARK chosen as Taste of Cayman charity

Part of the proceeds from next year’s Taste of Cayman Food and Wine Festival will go to Cayman’s Acts of Kindness, known as ARK.

ARK delivers Christmas cheer to the needy

Christmas will be a time of plenty for more than 400 struggling families, thanks to the generosity of Cayman Islands residents who stepped up to support a charity campaign.

ARK launches Christmas campaign

A festive campaign to deliver groceries and Christmas gifts to some of the Cayman Islands most needy families launched Friday.

ARK fundraiser set for Saturday

Original works of art, cocktails, canapes and live music are all in an evening’s entertainment at Saturday’s Moving Art for ARK fundraiser.

Camana Bay Christmas Give Focus on Cayman’s ARK

Cayman’s Acts of Random Kindness is a community-based, grassroots, humanitarian foundation, celebrating six years of Acts of Kindness this December.

Artists on ARK bandwagon

Three local artists, all founders of Moving Art, have teamed up with Cayman-based charity Acts of Random Kindness to host an evening of music, entertainment and fine art that will benefit the work carried out by ARK.