Mrs. Joy Clark (second left, stooping), a director with the Digicel Foundation, shares a book with one of the students of the Waldensia Primary School in Trelawny, just after she donated hundreds of books to the school on behalf of the foundation yesterday. Principal of the school, Mamre Flash, looks on. - photo Richard Morais

SHERWOOD CONTENT, TRELAWNY:

The Digicel Foundation donated hundreds of books to the Waldensia Primary School in Sherwood Content, Trelawny, last Wednesday. The donation fol-lowed a $2-million computer laboratory it handed over to the school on Labour Day.

One of the directors of the foundation, Joy Clark, who handed over the books, said, "The foundation develops a relationship with the schools it builds or works with. We do not just make a one-off contribution and leave, as we follow-up with not just cash or kind but even with motivating the children."

In a reciprocal gesture the school, through the principal, Mamre Flash, gave the foundation a plaque of appreciation. Thanks were said by grade-six student, Tavana Harrison.

The books cover a wide variety of subjects but are mainly readers. They were sourced from the Canadian School Programme.

- Richard Morais

Special-needs children project boosted

ST. ANDREW:

At the beginning of the new school term in January 2008, approximately 15 special-needs students of Grade 4G at the St. Andrew Preparatory School in St. Andrew, will benefit from increased access to information technology and educational tools.

The school's computer lab received a boost of a new Hewlett Packard desktop computer from the Jamaica National Building Society, which was presented to teachers, Jennifer Gordon and Ceslyn McLeish, at the JNBS head office in Half-Way Tree on Monday.

Ms. Gordon, who is currently reading for a master's degree in school management and adminis-tration, is required to look at ways to improve the standard of learning at the school as part of her university programme. She decided to implement the pro-gramme for the special-needs students in an effort to improve their scholastic performance.

The donation was made as part of the JNBS Foundations' 'Computers in Schools' project (2004 to 2007), through which more than 300 computers were donated to primary and secondary schools across the island.

Seven other organisations also benefited from the donation on Monday.

- Contributed