"I want my mommy!" exclaimed Marlon Duke as he sat in the waiting area at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon. This plea would have been considered normal for a little boy waiting to see the doctor, but Duke is 25 years old.

He was looking at a woman and her son who were together at the hospital. It pained his heart to see a mother showing love to her son, he said, because he never had that in his life. He gets jealous of people who are showered with love and affection, as he longs for someone to care for him.

Duke explained that he does not know what a mother's love is, even though his mother is alive and living in Jamaica. He cannot even recall any memorable moment with her.