17 January – March 2022 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica University of Technology, Jamaica officers display boxes of protective face masks which formed part of a donation of approximately 50,000 protective facial masks to the University by the National Health Fund, (NHF) during a special presentation by the Acting President to academic and administrative units on Friday, March 18, 2022 at the University’s Papine Campus. Pictured (from left) are Ms. Michelle Silvera, Acting Supervisor, Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Day Care Centre, Mrs. Genefa Hibbert, Vice President and Chief Operations and Projects Officer, Professor Colin Gyles, Acting President, UTech, Jamaica, Ms. Marion Brown, Vice President and University Registrar and Mrs. Heather White, Manager, Health Services. The NHF donated the masks for distribution to staff and students at the University’s various campuses. Members of the Faculty of Law Students’ Executive Cabinet, as part of outreach activities for 2022, distributed fifty care packages along with cleaning and sanitation supplies to students at the Gospel Refuge Basic School on January 16, 2022. Tokens of appreciation were also given to the principal and staff. The packages, valued at approximately $150,000.00 in cash and kind, were made possible through contributions from students of the Faculty of Law, lecturers and external stakeholders. Each package contained bags, books, stationery, hand sanitizers, snacks and a small cash donation to assist parents with expenses. The project was initiated and coordinated by Kelsey Champagnie-Cha, Director of Outreach for the FOL Students’ Executive Cabinet, who explained that she was motivated to assist Gospel Refuge Basic School because of the difficulties being faced by the students and school administration in the worsening conditions precipitated by the pandemic. Masks from the National Health Fund (NHF) Faculty of Law Students Donate to Basic School Camille Dixon, Faculty of Law (FOL) Students’ Executive Cabinet Assistant to the President, interacts with a student of Gospel Refuge Basic School during a donation of care packages by the FOL Students’ Executive Cabinet on January 16, 2022.
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