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Jamaica’s Promise – STETHS Vows to Rebuild Post Hurricane Melissa

Produced By: Jayda Francis
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Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson (right), displays the cover of a story book to grade-two students at the Bamboo Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann during Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday (May 3). Mr. Thompson visited the institution as part of a school tour to promote the importance of child protection and the Agency’s 211 Child Abuse Reporting Hotline.

Jamaica’s Promise – STETHS Vows to Rebuild Post Hurricane Melissa

It’s some 7 days since the agonizing winds and treacherous rains of the category 5 hurricane Melissa desiccated sections of Jamaica, leaving behind a trail of downed powerlines and broken-down buildings and structures.  Among those affected is the St. Elizabeth Technical High School, STETHS.

 

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