Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), speaks with residents prior to handing out care packages containing food items at Goodwill Primary and Infant School in St. James on Thursday (June 20). Approximately 100 packages were distributed to needy persons in partnership with Food For the Poor as part of Diaspora Day of Service. Approximately 14 projects were undertaken across the island throughout the Day, which concluded the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference that commenced on Sunday (June 16) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, presents a care package to resident of Goodwill in St. James, Shirley Reid, on Thursday (June 20). The presentation was made at Goodwill Primary and Infant School. Looking on is Project Support Officer at Food for the Poor, Desmond King. Approximately 100 packages were distributed to needy persons in partnership with Food For the Poor as part of Diaspora Day of Service. The Day concluded the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, which began on Sunday (June 16) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Some 14 projects were carried out across the island during the Day.Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), speaks to Shem Hunter, one of the beneficiaries of a new home built in Chatham, St. James, on Thursday (June 20), under the ‘Build A House in One Day’ Project. The undertaking involved a partnership between the United States-based Housing Foundation of America, and Food for the Poor. The house project was part of initiatives across the island for Diaspora Day of Service, which concluded the 10th Jamaica Biennial Diaspora Conference held in Montego Bay from June 16-19.Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, paints a section of a house constructed in Chatham, St. James, under the ‘Build A House in One Day’ Project, which involved a partnership between the United States-based Housing Foundation of America, and Food for the Poor. The project was one of 14 initiatives undertaken across the island for Diaspora Day of Service on Thursday (June 20).  Volunteers from the Diaspora join the Food For the Poor team in constructing a home in Chatham, St. James, for four beneficiaries under the ‘Build A House in One Day’ Project. The undertaking involved a partnership between the United States-based Housing Foundation of America, and Food for the Poor. It was one of 14 projects which took place across the island for Diaspora Day of Service on Thursday (June 20).Â
