10,000 YOUTHS TO BENEFIT FROM ..
Ten-thousand young people are to benefit from a new job-training programme.
The government and the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB launched the New Employment Opportunities programme today, to train at-risk-young people.
General Manager of the IDB, Therese Turner-Jones, says the programme has four objectives. Read entire story here.
New Employment Opportunities f..
Approximately 10,000 unattached young people, aged 17 and 29, are expected to benefit from the $1.6 billion (US$9.3 million) New Employment Opportunities for Youth in Jamaica (NEO-Jamaica) project.
Its implementation aims to broaden training and employment opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable youth.
The project is being spearheaded under the Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) initiative of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), with inputs from several other ...
MultiCare Concerts Promoting S..
Today, students from nine schools, in which the MultiCare Foundation operates will be on stage at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Auditorium, downtown Kingston. Ann Astwood, the foundation's programme director, said the lunch hour concert will showcase the skills of the students, who are being guided by Dr Brian Heap in theatre, and George Howard in dance.
However, while the students entertain for an hour in the consistently popular lunch-hour series beginning at 12:30 p.m., their stage time will ...
Haile Selassie, Donald Quarrie..
Haile Selassie High and Donald Quarrie High emerged champions of the Multi-Care Foundation's annual mixed-team basketball and girls' football competitions, respectively, at Breezy Castle Complex in Kingston, yesterday.
On the final day of the two-day event, Donald Quarrie edged Kingston Technical High 1-0 to win the football title in the senior section, and Haile Selassie defeated Kingston Technical High 14-2 in the mixed (girls and boys) basketball final in the senior section.
Both ...
NEO Agreement signed by IDB &a..
10,000 Jamaican youth to receive skills training and employment opportunities
Jamaica is now the 12th country to formally join New Employment Opportunities (NEO), a pioneering regional youth employment initiative in which businesses, governments and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean are uniting efforts to forge effective and sustainable youth employment solutions. NEO is an initiative led by the IDB – through the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Labour Market Unit ...
UPLIFTING JAMAICA’S AT-RISK ..
The Mission of Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) may seem an impossible one when we consider the challenges of youth unemployment in our underserved Jamaican communities, across the Caribbean and indeed worldwide. Yet we are making positive progress with determination, ingenuity and strong partnerships, and we continue to move forward with confidence and optimism.
YUTE has undertaken to intervene in the lives of at-risk youth and to produce graduates with the values, skills, ...
Jamaican Youth Charity Organis..
Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE), an organisation targeting employability and holistic youth development, and Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), have formally merged.
The merger, involving the acquisition of YOU by YUTE, was formalised April 15 with the official signing of the legal agreement.
Signatories were YUTE Chairman Joseph M. Matalon; YUTE Executive Director, Alicia Glasgow Gentles; YOU Founder/Chairperson, Betty Ann Blaine and YOU Executive Director, Georgia Lewis ...
Help For Youths
The Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) Programme, through the partnership of eMedia Interactive Ltd, led by president and CEO Tyrone Wilson, recently exposed interns to real-work opportunities, such as being part of the production team for the local reality TV show, The Innovators.
"eMedia has a culture of nurturing and developing talent in all areas of creativity," said Wilson. "This is what led us to establish iCreate - our creative training arm of the business. Through this, we ...
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