Corporate Hands | Sagicor Foundation hailed for its investment in education

The Sagicor Foundation has been hailed for its continued investment in the education of young Jamaicans.

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, underscored that philanthropy is in the DNA of the charitable arm which has been awarding scholarships for over three decades.

“Year after year, Sagicor has been investing in our young people, not just with financial support but with belief in them. Sagicor is a company that understands that your greatest returns are not only measured on the balance sheet, but in the lives that you touch,” she said.

Dr Morris Dixon was addressing Tuesday’s Sagicor Foundation Scholarship Awards Ceremony held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, where 55 scholarships were awarded to secondary and tertiary students.

The 28 secondary scholarships are valued at $50,000 per year and will be provided for five years, while the 27 tertiary scholarships, valued at $300,000, are renewable for up to four years.

Dr Morris Dixon charged the scholarship recipients to think big and consider emerging careers.

“See it as you being chosen for bigger things. It’s a big deal that you’ve gotten this. It’s a very big deal that Sagicor has selected you and so you have now a responsibility to walk with your head very high because you’ve been selected and you’re backed by Sagicor,” she said.

Student at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Calicia Vassell, copped the R. Danny Williams Visionary Award for Leadership and Volunteerism, while Northern Caribbean University student, James Barrett, earned the Chairman’s Innovation Award.