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Tanikie McCarthy-Allen
The J Wray and Nephew (JWN) Foundation, as part of its commitment to the education of children and young adults living in communities where the company operates, is offering 200 traditional scholarships as part of its annual outreach programme.
The scholarships programme for the 2021-2022 academic year was launched on Wednesday.
A overall new addition to the programme this year are 50 scholarships valued at 30,000 each to vocational institutions.
The new technical education element of the initiative recognises the importance and desirability of alternative pathways to certification and career advancement.
In continuing its support of education at the secondary level, JWN has allocated 150 scholarships valued at $ 30,000 each. At the tertiary level, JWN has committed to 50 bursaries comprising 40 awards of $200,000 each, and 10 scholarships valued at $450,000.
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Lamenting that they have been neglected in development plans, residents of Riverton Meadows in St Andrew are wishing the authorities – and not the crocodiles roaming the community – would pay more attention to them. “Dem downgrade we down here, enuh. Them say down here a the worse place,” resident Elizabeth Thompson told
The Gleaner, emphasising that the people from Riverton “have ambition and like good things”.
She added: “We wah live better, we wah live comfortable, too.”
Among the many complaints that the residents have is the presence of crocodiles throughout the community. The said that the reptiles sometimes lie across the roads and prey on stray dogs as well as pigs and chickens being reared by farmers.