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Corporate Hands | EU hands over funds for staging of literacy summer camps

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 12:06 AM
Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams (third left); and European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica Marianne Van Steen (fourth left) participate in the handover of a cheque for $4.5 million by the EU to facilitate the staging of three literacy summ
Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams (third left); and European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica Marianne Van Steen (fourth left) participate in the handover of a cheque for $4.5 million by the EU to facilitate the staging of three literacy summer camps in Kingston for primary school students. Sharing the moment are (from left) principal of the St Andrew Primary School, Colleen Gordon; Chair of Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation, Joseph Matalon; Executive Director of CLBL Mandy Melvin; Race Director at Running Events Jamaica, Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis, and Director Diane Ellis; head of Cooperation of the EU in Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz; and students of the St Andrew and Edward Seaga primary schools. The official handover ceremony was held on June 25 at the offices of the EU Delegation in Kingston.