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| Shaquile Thomas |
The inaugural LIME-Gleaner Inner-city Overachievers scholarship was a resounding success, with the five winners receiving more than $30,000 in much-needed back-to-school supplies and a tablet computer.
However, the initiative, between the two companies and their partners, has sparked a wellspring of support from ordinary Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora.
So inspiring was the move, that a young Jamaican studying in Spain decided to launch his own charity, One Love Jamaica, to honour one of the five scholars.
Krishna Brown, a past student of Kingston College who grew up in the inner-city community of Greenwich Town, St Andrew, told The Gleanerthat Shaquille Thomas' story was the impetus he needed to make his dream of starting a charity a reality. read more...
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