MYF Team and Volunteers Read A..
The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) participated in Read Across Jamaica Day 2019 with the help of staff from Alorica, CGM Gallagher and the ICD Group. Students at four MYF-assisted basic and primary schools, namely High Holborn Street Basic, Holy Family Primary, St. Michael’s Primary and North Street Primary in Downtown Kingston were all smiles and cheers as executives, and other volunteers brought stories alive through the pages of several children’s books.
But the children weren’t ...
Wolfe-Mullings: Interest growi..
The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) Inter-Schools’ Girls’ Football and Mixed Basketball competitions were held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Breezy Castle Centre on Harbour Street in downtown Kingston.
Twenty-two primary and high schools under the MYF umbrella and 406 students participated in the competitions, which featured three age groups: 10-12, which competed on the first day, and the 13-15 and 16-18 on the second day. Holy Family Primary copped the win for mixed basketball in ...
MYF Furthers Reach With A Gran..
The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) is the newest beneficiary of a Capacity Development Grant under the Pathways to Sustainability Program, which is a part of the Local Partner Development (LPD) project.
The LPD project is a new initiative by Family Health International (FHI) 360 that seeks to strengthen various nongovernmental organisations, social enterprises, community-based organisations, civil society organisations and government entities in Jamaica. With the US$30,000 grant, MYF looks ...
Making A Difference Where It M..
Sixty youth from various underserved communities will receive skills training, as well as three-month internship opportunities this year courtesy of The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) in partnership with the Starbucks Foundation and HEART Trust NTA. The young food and beverage trainees will hail from communities in Kingston and St. James.
“Our Starbucks YUTE Work participants are enrolled in a HEART Trust/NCTVET-certified food and beverage hosting course, and MYF will place them in three ...
Mentorship Programme Transform..
“I never used to smile. I had nothing to smile about; now I can’t stop smiling.”
These are the words of Tramaine Wong, as she shared her experience participating in The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) Mentorship programme. Paired with volunteer mentor, Jennifer Sharrier, they both agree they chose each other from the start.
“I knew I wanted her to be my mentor from the beginning,” admitted Wong. “She was the first person I met when I went to the workshop. Even when we went ...
Four young Jamaican profession..
Four young professionals from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the MultiCare Youth Foundation are now Passport-to-Success (PTS) Master trainers through an initiative by the New Employment Opportunities for Youth (NEO) Jamaica.
PTS equips young people ages 15 to 29 with the skills that help keep them in school and are in high demand by employers. At the core of the programme is an 80-module curriculum developed and refined by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) over the past ...
Behaviour Change Programme to ..
At-risk youth between eight and 25 years of age who reside in volatile and vulnerable communities in five parishes are to benefit from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) implementation of an $18-million behaviour change programme over the next eight months.
The target communities include Denham Town, West Kingston; Waterhouse, St. Andrew; Portmore, Spanish Town and Bog Walk, St. Catherine; Lionel Town, Clarendon; and Granville and Tucker, St. James.
Contracts for the programm...
CIBC lauded for support of sum..
As hundreds of children complete summer camps, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has come in for high praise for its financial support and contributions to programmes which were mainly remedial, rehabilitative and educational.
The bank helped to offset the costs of six summer camps in Kingston and St Mary, over the past two months.
Managing director Nigel Holness said that while summer camps often focus mainly on fun and frolic, the bank took a conscious decision to support those ...
NEO hosts job placement worksh..
New Employment Opportunities for Youth (NEO) Jamaica, in conjunction with the International Youth Foundation (IYF), will be hosting a three-day job placement workshop for professionals from HEART Trust/NTA, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, D&G Foundation, and The MultiCare Youth Foundation at the Four Seasons Hotel from this Tuesday, July 10 to Thursday, July 12.
It is the final workshop in a series of youth employability training that has included life skills training, effective ...
Ministry to develop labour mar..
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through its Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) programme, will be partnering with the New Employment Opportunities (NEO) project to develop a Labour Market Information System (LMIS) mobile application (app) that will make it easier for employers and jobseekers to register their job requirements.
Portfolio Minister, Shahine Robinson, who made the disclosure recently, said the mobile application, which is expected to be ...
Wolmer’s Boys’ for..
Relating to other males without resorting to verbal or physical violence; treating others with respect; and withstanding great — even brutal — levels of peer pressure. These are the most urgent reasons today's teenaged boys are in need of strong, positive male role models, according to veteran Wolmer's Boys'School information technology (IT) teacher Anthony McKnight.
Citing the number of boys growing up fatherless, and who are exposed to the lure of gangs, drug use and breaking school ...
‘Passort To Success’ Bring..
The internationally recognised ‘Passport To Success’ programme of the International Youth Foundation (IYF) is set to help Jamaican youngsters gain a stronger commitment to completing their education and to adequately equip them to gain employment.
The innovative programme, which has seen success in 30 other countries and empowered an estimated 80,000 young people over the past decade, is being piloted in the Jamaican school system by the Ministry of Education in partnership with Youth ...