Proper nutrition is the foundation of a child’s growth, shaping both their physical and cognitive development. This fundamental belief guided the life’s work of Patricia Thompson, registered nutritionist and founder and executive director of the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN). With a passion for early childhood nutrition, Thompson pioneered the Basic Schools Nutrition Programme, partnering with the Gore Family Foundation…
More than 150 students at three of the island’s top tertiary institutions are now benefiting from scholarships provided by the Gore Family Foundation, which says it is continuing to increase its investment in education as it believes that this is central to Jamaica’s development. In addition to the three tertiary institutions — The Mico University College, The University of the…
RENOWNED CONSTRUCTION giant, Gore Development Limited, through its philanthropic arm, the Gore Family Foundation, presented 10 students of the University of Technology, Jamaica’s Faculty of The Built Environment with scholarships valued at $2.4 million on Thursday, during a formal handover ceremony held at the Shared Facilities Building at the UTech, Jamaica Papine Campus. The scholarships were presented to seven students…
Gore Family Foundation says it has invested $3 million to introduce robotics to 300 basic schoolchildren in Kingston. They will be among the youngest students ever to be exposed to robotics in Jamaica. “We are living in a world that is becoming increasingly technological with each passing day. Introducing the children in our basic schools to robotics at this age…
Since 2020, students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) pursuing degrees in Psychology or related disciplines, either at the undergraduate or graduate level have had the opportunity to benefit from scholarships provided by the Lisa Gore Seifart Endowment Fund. Annually, the fund allocates US$5,000 to support qualifying students in their academic pursuits. However, this academic year, the…
The Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation has continued to increase its investment in education, which the Gores say is central to Jamaica’s development. The foundation now assists with the management of 10 basic schools in the Kingston area; has started high school life skills programmes at Jamaica College and Alpha and remedial programmes at Charlie Smith High School and…
ORIENTATION for year two of the Rose town Construction Internship programme was held on September 14, and according to the Gore Family Foundation which funds the effort, the beneficiaries are energised. Researcher Jennifer Jones conducted an assessment of the programme and found it to be effective as the first cohort of interns “had matured in self-confidence… self-development, in their understanding…
Twenty-one-year-old Twyrike Campbell is a proud alumnus of Rose Town Construction Internship Programme, which is giving at-risk youth from the inner-city community a fighting chance by steering them towards a productive future. Campbell was one of 20 at-risk youth from the St Andrew-based community, who participated in the first leg of the programme launched in March 2021 by the Phillip…
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Without intervention from The Phillip & Christine Gore Family Foundation in the last 10 months, sickle-cell patient, Twyrike Campbell, who is now recovering after having an ulcer in his left leg, feels he would have gone down a path of destruction. According to the 21-year-old inner-city youth, who resides in the violence-plagued and divided community of Rose Town in Kingston,…