Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith (third right), shares in the presentation of a cheque by the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica to purchase a bus for Richmond Primary and Infant School in St Mary. The provision of US$72,489 was facilitated through the embassy under the government of japan’s Grassroots Human Security Grants Project. Sharing the moment (from left) are Executive Director, National Education Trust, Latoya Harris-Ghartey; student at the school, Ariana Cohen; principal Dwight Sanderson; Board Chair Deloris Smith; Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, Yasuhiro Atsumi; and student Antwone Allen. The occasion was a grant-signing ceremony at the education ministry in Kingston on January 11.
