Junior Achievement (JA) Biztown Jamaica Since 2014, JA Biztown has transformed how 50,000+ primary school students combine business management and financial literacy learning with hands-experience in Jamaica. Junior Achievement Jamaica Junior Achievement (JA) Jamaica, a chapter of JA Worldwide, is dedicated to educating students in the areas of entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness through…

NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW WITH DR. STEPHEN KING, FOUNDER & CO-DIRECTOR, RISE ST.LUCIA INC We had the opportunity to sit down with Dr Stephen King, director of RISE (St. Lucia) Inc. to discuss his views on youth, his journey as a philanthropist, the development of RISE and its initiatives that provide a voice to St. Lucia’s…

By Joanne C. Hillhouse Joanne C.Hillouse My first time attending the Cushion Club, I sat with one girl reading a favourite book from my childhood. I could have gone on for hours. When I joined the Club, a reading club for children in Antigua and Barbuda, it had already been in existence for a few…

By Jean-Claude Counand It was a winter night in the Hague. Dinner was at 8 pm. At 7:55pm, I arrived after peddling furiously to shatter the Caribbean stereotype of lateness. Triumphant, I locked my borrowed bike next to a wooden food cart and hurried inside. An odd sign, “Rescued Food: 604,302 kg” was the first…

The rallying call for action to reduce plastic pollution and the effects of climate change is resonating across the world. As a population, we must reflect on how we got to this point and focus on solutions. Economic progress has led to the alarming depletion of natural resources and worsening of environmental pollution problems. This…

ApaNa interviewed Nicole Leotaud, Executive Director of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) to share some insights into CANARI’s role in promoting the Green-Blue Economy of the Caribbean, how the organisation works with regional partners and businesses to promote sustainable development in the region. CANARI is a regional technical non-profit organisation which has been working…