'DREAM BIG!' Digicel, Camara Foundations Donate Computers To Arcadia Primary, Encourage Students To Pursue Excellence

Lindsay Templer (background) of the
 Digicel Foundation and Karl Gaynor,
 CEO of the Camara Jamaica Foundation,

A heartfelt plea from a small St Thomas school has been answered.

Last month, The Gleaner highlighted Arcadia Primary's good rating in the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) report, despite not having a computer for its students.

On Wednesday, Digicel and Camara Jamaica foundations, through their Project 1000, donated two desktop computers to the school.

Project 1000 seeks to provide a wide variety of information and communication technology support to 1,000 Jamaican schools over the next three years. An elated principal Carmen Chambers said the donation would be a big help.

"We do have some children who are slow and spelling is a problem, so it will help them," Chambers said. "It will help everybody, especially those who are struggling. We will work with them first." READ More....