Over 1,500 young persons turned out to the Jamaica College Auditorium in Kingston recently, to register for the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (H.O.P.E.) Programme.
On today’s programme host Vaughn Davis quizzes representatives of the NIDS implementation team, Acting Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart and Programme Director Warren Veron on the steps being taken to realize this vision.
As Jamaica prepares to celebrate 55 years of independence, the 7th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference is strategically scheduled to coincide with the planned celebratory activities. The Conference will be held over the period July 23 to 26 at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown Kingston.
A social enterprise is a business that generates income from the sale of goods and services and uses the profits to solve issues such as: unemployment, homelessness and environmental degradation.Find out more about the social enterprise business model within the Jamaican context.
The government places great importance on celebrating our young people and their achievements; encouraging them to continue striving for excellence and motivating others to do the same. One important initiative in the thrust to recognize the achievements of young people is the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for excellence.
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