People have generally developed a heightened concern for their overall health and immune system, especially since the onset of the pandemic.
Thus making the efforts of the world-renowned physician, herbal healer and naturopathic practitioner, Prie
NCB Foundation Chair Thalia Lyn (c) and author/artist of Ian Takes Flight, Richard Nattoo, flip through pages of beautiful illustrations with a young reader.
The NCB Foundation kick-starts Child’s Month with a bang, in partnership with the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ).
The collab is in an effort to position and promote Jamaican authors and create spaces for authentic, educational, cultural stories and content to be shared.
Through this strategic approach, Jamaican authors have been highlighted.
This year, in particular, Child’s Month is an even more important time to affirm our children and provide a supportive and positive environment for them to learn and grow despite the challenges of the pandemic.
Double the talent equals double the success for Richard Nattoo, one of 40 selected awardees for the CATAPULT Consultancy Voucher Programme and a recipient of the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence in the category of Arts and Culture, an honour he is still finding the words to describe.
“I want to use the arts and culture platform to show that it’s never too much to take on a project you are passionate about. Our island has a vast community of creatives, a lot of whom have dreams to do make an impact with their art, but sometimes adulthood and everything else makes us feel like we can’t,” said the artist (and artiste), who, with the CATAPULT grant was able to achieve one of his dreams to launch a website,
Hello friends and welcome to this year’s edition of Total Local.
As your little helpers, Shanique and Kadeem are super excited to share a Christmas haul of Jamaican made wares.
The items we’ve curated have a buzz, as the kids say these days, and the bag is quite hefty, so let’s get started!
WAVE Ponchinos by InventSports
If you’re looking for ‘wear anywhere, do anything overalls’, you’ll appreciate the super plush and comfy Ponchino from Invent Sports.
It’s the first collection from the UK-based company, with Jamaicans at the helm.
And they’ve added even more ‘yaadies’ to the creative department, which means the overall image of the items are set to improve.