Source: Jamaica Informaiton Service(JIS): MANDEVILLE
Date Published: Tuesday, September 01, 2009
URL: http://jis.gov.jm/officePM/html/20090901T000000-0500_20973_JIS_HANBURY_HOME_GETS_UPGRADED_LIBRARY.asp
Abstract:
Two Howard university students acquired funding for a project to equip the Hanbury Home for Children in Manchester with upgraded library resources including computers and educational software. The funds were acquired from the Davis Projects for Peace, a United States-based foundation.
The upgraded library resources was made possible through a recommendation made by Jamaican born academic at Howard University, Dr. Grace Virtue, who encouraged two of her students to seek funding from the foundation to do a project at the Home, as part of their studies. It also involved partnership with the Rotary Club of Mandeville.
The article also outlines the visions for how the resources will be utilised and benefit the Home. Plans for the long-term sustainability of the project are outlined.
Also provided in the article is some background information about the funding body, Davis Projects for Peace.
Excerpt:
"The Hanbury Home for Children in Manchester has received an upgraded library, with computers and other educational items, from the Davis Projects for Peace, a United States-based foundation.
The updated $900,000 (US$10,000) facility was made possible through a recommendation made by Jamaican born academic at Howard University..."
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