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The Jamaica 50 Campaign ...building/upgrading 50 Schools for Jamaica 50
Gloria
McKenzie (left), Principal and Jacqueline Stewart Lechler
(right-background) of Kind Hearts Ltd. cut the ribbon for the official
opening of the D. Frank’s Early Childhood Institute in Greenvale
Manchester. Also participating in the first of two ribbon-cutting
ceremonies that day are: Susan James (foreground), Project Manager to
Jamaica, Food For The Poor Inc.; Nadine Leachman (partially hidden),
Acting Regional Director, Ministry of Education; and Wendy Freckleton,
President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The official opening of D.
Frank’s Early Childhood Institute was held on Thursday, September 27.
The Kind Hearts Ltd. financed the project, Manchester Chamber of
Commerce helped in acquiring the property, while Food For the Poor built
the facility. D. Frank’s Early Childhood Institute is the third school
to be officially opened under the Food For The Poor Jamaica 50 Campaign,
which seeks to construct 50 early childhood institutions in 50 months,
in observance of Jamaica’s 50th year of independence.
An
elated Dita Scott Myers (left), Principal, Kings Infant School in Long
Hill Westmoreland carries out the ribbon cutting exercise for the
classrooms, during the official opening ceremony for the school on
Tuesday, September 25. Sharing in the moment are: students of the
school, (from left) Paulette Patterson, Principal, Kings Primary
School; Susan James, Project Manager,
Food For The Poor Inc.; Dr. Mark Nicely, President Elect, Jamaica
Teachers Association and Shannon Hendricks, Legal/Policy Officer, Office
of the Children’s Advocate – who was keynote speaker at the event.
Education
Minister Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right) declares the St. Margarets
Real Success Basic School open, during a ribbon cutting exercise at the
official opening ceremony for the school on Thursday, September 20,
2012. Participating in the ribbon cutting exercise are Andrew Mahfood,
Chairman, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica and Merna Jackson, Principal.
The St. Margarets Real Success Basic School on Wildman Street is the
first Basic School to be built under the FFP Jamaica 50 Campaign, in
commemoration of the island’s Golden Jubilee. The Programme is aimed at
building and or upgrading 50 early childhood institutions within 50
months.
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