Inner-city youths in Spanish Town seeing better days
Mar 2nd, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 10:39#JamaicaGleaner MARCH 2, 2022: Monique Blake and 20-year-old Kalifa Wright of Gordon Pen, a community that has seen its fair share of violence in the past, and Anna Kay Cambridge of Spanish Town, St Catherine, among others, have taken up the challenge to better their lives by acquiring functional skills and exploring university educational opportunities. The opportunity came through the vision of the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine Central, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, who sees youth development as a vehicle to transform lives in the inner-city communities in her constituency, by implementing a programme of empowerment through skills training and educational advancement.
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