Caribbean Education Foundation Awards $2.5 Million JA in Scholarships to 25 Poor Children in Jamaica

BOSTON - Dec. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Caribbean Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF) has awarded its 2013 Paul Bogle Scholarships to 25 brilliant, poor children to attend high schools in Jamaica.  The Scholarships total $2.5 Million Jamaican dollars.

Paul Bogle Scholarships are awarded to qualified and talented children who graduated from Primary Schools and passed their exams to attend High Schools but are in financial need.  Scholarship pays:  school fees, text books, school supplies, uniforms, shoes, transportation and lunch for 2013-2014 year.

Caribbean Education Foundation maintains high standards for its scholarship recipients.  As is evidenced from the high caliber of students who are awarded Paul Bogle Scholarships, CEF Scholars are among the best and brightest; and attending some of the best High Schools throughout Jamaica.

Academic Year 2013-2014 Scholarship recipients are:

2013 New Scholarships:

ROMILLA MILLER:  Ardenne High
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

DANIELLE TENNANT :  St. Andrew High
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

TAHJAY ADAMS:  Wolmer's Boys High
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston


KAMIELA CLARKE:  St. Hugh's High
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

SHANIQUE WILSON:  Wolmer's Girls High
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

JADA PEART:  Campion College - (Grade 8)

CARL MURDOCK:  Kingston College - (Grade 11)


2012 Scholarship Renewals:  Attending Grade 8

DANIA FORBES:  Campion College
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

DANIELLIA SIMPSON:  deCarteret College
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

SHAMARIE COLLINS:  St. George’s College
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

NICOLE BROWN:  Wolmer's Girls High
Primary School:  Rollington Town Primary, Kingston

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS:  Ardenne High
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

ANDRE BENT:  Jamaica College - (Grade 9)
Primary School:  Jones Town Primary, Kingston

TAMIA ROBINSON:  Hampton School - (Grade 10)
Primary School:  Mount Airy All Age, Westmoreland

2011 Scholarship Renewals:  Attending Grade 9

JANNEIL PILGRIM:  Immaculate Conception High School for Girls
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

ASHAUNI BERNARD:  Wolmer’s High School for Boys
Primary School:  St. Peter Claver Primary, Kingston

SAVENA MILLER:  Immaculate Conception High School for Girls
Primary School:  Portsmouth Primary School, St. Catherine

CURTIS LOZANE:  Calabar High School
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

JANET MANNINGS:  Morant Bay High School
Primary School:  Morant Bay Primary, St. Thomas

GARTH PEARSON:  Kingston College
Primary School:  Balmagie Primary, Kingston

2010 Scholarship Renewals:  Attending Grade 10

TREVISA BRYAN:  Morant Bay High School
Primary School:  Morant Bay Primary, St. Thomas

COYA CHRISTIE:  Wolmer’s High School for Girls
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

SARAH JONES:  Immaculate Conception High School
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

AMOY GILLESPIE:  Ardenne High School
Primary School:  Portsmouth Primary, St. Catherine

RAVORN  CAMPBELL:  Calabar High School
Primary School:  Duhaney Park Primary, Kingston

CEF's President, Nikiki Bogle, explains why Paul Bogle Scholarships are important, “Public High Schools in Jamaica are NOT FREE.  It is a tremendous challenge for the working poor to provide the resources to send children to public high schools in Jamaica.  We cannot leave an entire population of brilliant children to a life sentence of poverty with no opportunity for progress.  Education will provide them with opportunities for success.”

Caribbean Education Foundation sends a “BIG THANK YOU” to its 2013 CEF EDUCATION AMBASSADORS who made the High School Scholarships possible! CEF Education Ambassadors adopted a CEF Scholar, by funding the student for the school year.

BIG THANK YOU TO 2013 CEF EDUCATION AMBASSADORS:

1.       ♦ Natasha Davids
2.       ♦ Maxine Samuels
3.       ♦ Joyanna Lovelock
4.       ♦ Cecile Sutherland
5.       ♦ Basil Anderson Educational Fund
6.       ♦ Golden Seal Enterprises, Inc.
7.       ♦ Nikiki Bogle, Esq.  (CEF Board member)
8.       ♦ Malachi Smith  (CEF Board member)
9.       ♦ Erica Lee-Benedetto   (CEF Board member)
10.     ♦ Nicolas Gaglio, Esq. ( CEF Board member)
11.     ♦ Ann McLaughlin  (CEF Board member)
12.     ♦ Sean Donovan  (CEF Board member)

Each Education Ambassador receives direct information about her or his adopted student along with a photograph. Throughout the school year, each CEF Ambassador is updated with Grade Reports, Attendance Reports and Behavior Reports about the school performance of his or her adopted child.  Ambassadors may also directly communicate with adopted students.

One hundred percent of Adoption funds the CEF Paul Bogle Scholarships to enable students in financial need to attend high schools in Jamaica.  Caribbean Education Foundation is a registered 501(c) (3) tax-exempt, U.S. based nonprofit organization and all donations are 100% tax-deductible.

Caribbean Education Foundation sends a “SPECIAL THANK YOU” to its sponsors, partners, donors and Indiegogo "Send-A-Child to High School in Jamaica" Campaign contributors who helped to make our High School Scholarships possible:

* Bogle & Chang LLC Law Firm (http://www.boglechang.com)
* Indiegogo
* Indiegogo Campaign Donors
* Global Giving (http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/send-a-poor-child-to...)
* Carnegie Corporation of New York
* Basil Anderson Education Fund
* Golden Seal Enterprises, Inc.

*Monthly Recurring Donor:  Fay Cleghorn
* Monthly Recurring Donor:  Kevin Brown (CEF Alum; CEF Vernice Stubbs Higher Education Scholarship Recipient in 2008 while at University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica)

For the past six years, the Caribbean Education Foundation has awarded 50 student scholarships totaling in excess of $60,000 U.S. dollars to brilliant students in financial need so they are able to attend school in Jamaica and receive a quality education.

In order for CEF to continue helping to educate poor children, it needs your help. CEF is asking individuals, corporations, and organizations to “Adopt a Student” to become a “CEF Education Ambassador” or make a contribution to help a child in need of an education.

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