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Miss St. Catherine Festival Queen 2014, Danene Cruickshank, speaks to students at the Children’s First Achievement Centre in Spanish Town, after the launch of a Literacy project at the centre today (Jan 14).
Miss St. Catherine Festival Queen 2014, Danene Cruickshank, speaks to students at the Children’s First Achievement Centre in Spanish Town, after the launch of a Literacy project at the centre today (Jan 14).

St. Catherine Festival Queen Embarks on Literacy Project

By: E. Hartman Reckord, January 15, 2015
Students of the Children’s First Achievement Centre (CFAC) in Spanish Town will benefit from a Reading and Literacy Project, being undertaken by reigning Miss St. Catherine Festival Queen, Danene Cruickshank....
Chairperson of the National Youth Service (NYS), Maureen Webber (right), emphasizes a point as she addresses a recent JIS News Think Tank. Listening at left is Executive Director of the NYS, Melvin Smith.

NYS Introduces New Programmes to Empower Young People

By: E. Hartman Reckord, January 15, 2015
Members of the graduating batch of 2014 from Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, The Mico University and Moneague College, who graduated with Master of Science degrees from the Central Connecticut State University, take part in the ceremony, held on January 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James.

Graduates Urged To Get Involved In Transformation Process

By: Marlon Tingling, January 12, 2015

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Executive Director of the National Youth Service, Melvin Smith, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at which he spoke of the agency’s drive to rebuild the culture of volunteerism.
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NYS Rebuilding Culture of Volunteerism

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, says the organization is working to rebuild a society of volunteers through its programmes. In an interview with JIS News,...
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By: Shari-Ann Palmer , December 22, 2014
Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, emphasizes a point as he addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Tuesday (Dec. 16), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Culture

NYS Hails Public-Private Partners

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, is hailing the various public and private sector entities that are supporting its youth employment programmes, which are providing valuable...
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By: E. Hartman-Reckord, December 18, 2014
Clinical Psychologist and Special Educator, Jamaica Association on Intellectual Disabilities, Dr. Avril Daley, conducts a training and sensitisation workshop for job coaches attached to the National Youth Service (NYS) Empowerment Programme. The workshop is being held at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston from December 8 to 12.
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NYS to Help Intellectually Disabled Young Persons

One hundred young persons with intellectual disability are to receive career and personal development training under the National Youth Service (NYS) Empowerment Programme. The pilot programme is slated to commence...
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By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, December 9, 2014
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, addresses participants in the final presentation ceremony for the National Youth Service’ (NYS) Entrepreneurship Competition ‘The Pitch’ at the New Kingston Conference Centre on Thursday (Dec. 4). The top three finalists were awarded a total of $600,000 to invest in their businesses.
Culture

Young People Urged to Create Their Own Jobs

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is encouraging young people seeking jobs, to instead, look to create their own employment. She said the National Youth Service (NYS) offers...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, December 6, 2014