Rosalea Hamilton, Vice President, Community Service and Development and Director, Fi Wi Jamaica Project, provided an overview of the 3-year Fi Wi Jamaica Project which started in May 2015. Gyles urged everyone to be a part of the collective response as we seek to build the future of our country.įi Wi Jamaica Project Overview and Survey Findings and to partner, NIA for the various interventions implemented to assist in the transformation of values and attitudes for a better Jamaica. Gyles expressed thanks to the (United States Agency for International Development) USAID for providing funding support to the University for the execution of the three-year Fi Wi Jamaica Project as UTech, Ja. in his welcome at the Town Hall, noted that the “Dreaming of a Better Jamaica” initiative was a timely response to recent incidents of crime, violence and high levels of detachment from our systems of governance and democracy,” adding that, freedom from fear of crime and violence and freedom from discrimination and injustices are among our compromised liberties that we must seek to have restored and respected. Colin Gyles, Acting President, UTech, Ja. In attendance were representatives from government, non-government organisations, tertiary institutions, community-based organizations, citizens of Montego Bay and surrounding communities. The “Dreaming of a Better Jamaica” series included civic responsibility workshops, a silent protest dubbed, “Stand for a Cause,” Community "Soup with a Message" Day at the Granville SOS Children’s Village and Granville Place of Safety, an International Men’s Day Symposium and culminated with a Town Hall meeting in collaboration with National Integrity Action (NIA) aimed at fostering a public/private social partnership to promote civic responsibility, integrity, respect, tolerance and other Vision 2030 core values necessary to enable Jamaica to achieve national priorities. The Fi Wi Jamaica USAID funded social intervention and human rights project has further advanced its mission for a better Jamaica through a series of events and activities dubbed, “Dreaming of a Better Jamaica,” held in Montego Bay, St. and Director, Fi Wi Jamaica Project looks on. Rosalea Hamilton, Vice President, Development and Community Service, UTech, Ja. Audley Shaw, CD, MP, Minister of Finance and the Public Service at the UTech, Ja./Fi Wi Jamaica Town Hall Forum on “Our Dreams for Jamaica,” held on Wednesday, Novemat the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. Colin Gyles (right), Acting President, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Ja.) welcomes Hon.
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