Gore gives HEART $6M for at-risk youth

The Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation presented HEART Trust/NTA with $6 million last Friday at the signing of their partnership agreement.

Through the Government of Jamaica’s Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Initiative, youths from 18-24 years are engaged in the National Service Corps Programme (NSCP). NSCP is implemented through the HEART Trust/NTA and targets unattached youths who will be given technical skills training which will be honed over a period of up to one year.

The foundation has agreed to partner with HOPE and will sponsor 25 interns from St. James (Granville especially) for training (HEART and JFLL) and job placement will be provided on completion of that training.

National Coordinator of HOPE Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman, pointed out, “If everybody comes onboard along with the Phillip and Christine Gore Foundation, and in such a no-nonsense way, then we could have the makings of really putting a meaningful dent into that massive population of unattached youths across Jamaica.”

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