By Nikiki Bogle | Project Leader
This month in April, Caribbean Education Foundation (CEF) team members are traveling to Jamaica to finalize space decisions for the Learning Center. Our goal is to open the Center in September!
We have also teamed up with some very hard-working management students at Bryant University in Rhode Island, to help CEF get the necessary supplies for the Center. The students are hosting a number of events both on and off campus to raise supplies we need to get the Center off to a great start!
As you know, Caribbean Education Foundation added six (6) new Paul Bogle Scholarship recipients to our roster of students (CEF Scholars) who need exposure to technology and homework space! The Learning Center will
serve our 18 scholarship recipients, but will also reach additional cohort of up to 5,000 underprivileged children each year.
We have also received the last term grade reports from CEF Scholars, and are excited to tell you that they are continue to do very well in high school. Our 6 new recipients are also doing very well. Imagine if these children had
the Learning Center with meaningful exposure to technology - - they would be unstoppable!
If you recall from our last project report, one of our new scholars, Daniellia, had to relocate to the countryside and forfeit her dream school, that she passed her exam to attend. Her mother died suddenly and her dream school is located in the city of Kingston. She had to move to live with her grandmother in the country, as her father does not have the resources to take care of her and the additional children. As you can imagine, this has been an extremely a difficult transition on many levels, particularly for a 12 year-old girl. When CEF team spoke to her about the new school, Daniellia found it to be very challenging - - she wondered if she could do as well there. Well, we are excited to report that she is doing excellent in all her classes! She is an "A" student at a very challenging high school.
CEF is counting on your financial assistance to get the center up and running so that we can continue to help Daniellia and other students to excel too. Please make a donation to the Learning Center Project today!
Recurring Donations: it is very important to get recurring donors to our project.
We will update you once our team returns from to Jamaica.
Thank you for your generosity.
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