About Us
Founded on the 40th Anniversary of her passing, The Light Of Pearl Foundation was launched in 2008 to honor Pearl Lucille Smith-Harvey by her son John E. Harvey Jr.
Following her battle with Cervical Cancer her husband John Harvey Snr. migrated with Pearl and their six young children from Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean to London UK, in the hope of accessing the best cancer treatment. The British doctors gave her six months to live at the most. But it was two and a half years later, one week before Christmas Day that Pearl was admitted into hospital-she knew she would not be returning home-so she prepared Christmas dinner for her family, bought toys for all her children so that they would still experience the joys of Christmas in her absence. She died two days before christmas, on Monday, December 23, 1968.
Pearl represents the true meaning of the human will and her spirit and accomplishments will live on through this foundation.
The impact of cancer poses a financial burden to many individuals and also changes the daily activities of many lives. The goal of The Light Of Pearl Foundation is to financially assist children with cancer by awarding scholarships and making charitable donations to camps and educational programs supporting cancer patients and their families.
"Our purpose is to know who we are"
