27 Jamaicans Awarded Sandals Scholarships In celebration of the Sandals Foundation five-year anniversary in 2014

Published: Monday | August 11, 2014 

Twenty-seven Jamaicans are among 41 secondary-school students, from across the Caribbean, who are recipients of Sandals Foundation five-year scholarships valued at US$30,000 annually.

Heidi Clarke (back row, fourth from left) and members of the
Sandals Resorts International public relations team share a
moment with some of the Care for Kids Scholarship recipients.

Through the Care for Kids Scholarship Programme, hundreds of outstanding secondary- and tertiary-level students in Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua, The Bahamas, and Saint Lucia have received funding for tuition, books, uniforms, annual medicals and tutoring. The programme also encourages mentorship, community outreach and sports development.

In celebration of the Sandals Foundation five-year anniversary in 2014, an incentive programme was introduced for beneficiaries, who maintain 'B' to 'A' averages and show marked improvement in core subject areas, to receive additional funding valued up to US$200 each in the areas of education, health, music, extra-curricular activities and sports.

Guest speaker at the event and reigning Miss Hanover Festival Queen, Andrene Hutchinson, charged the awardees to capitalise on all opportunities for their development.

"I, too, was a beneficiary of financial aid in high school and it helped to make me who I am today," she said. more