JETAA Jamaica News

The International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICC), observed each year, is one of those activities that is a permanent fixture on the calendar of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association of Jamaica (JETAA Jamaica).   President, Orrette Muir, explained the rationale for JETAA Jamaica's participation in this annual event in his interview onsite with reporters from ZIP FM. He said that members of JETAA Jamaica, having gone to Japan and having seen how the Japanese treat the environment with respect, want to play their part to bring a similar ethic to Jamaica by participating in activities such as that coordinated by the ICC, thus setting an example for other Jamaicans to follow. This year the event took place on September 17, 2022, and members of JETAA Jamaica and its affiliates, and friends, joined the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) at the Palisadoes Go-Kart Track in Kingston, Jamaica for its annual beach cleanup.  Prominent among the affiliates and friends wh...

Recently, members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Alumni Association of Jamaica (JAAJ) and the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association of Jamaica (JETAA Jamaica) visited the Paradise Street Basic School in East Kingston to satisfy four pressing needs of the school: to install a toilet in the teachers' rest room  to refurbish the students' bathroom to repaint the two classrooms to install whiteboards in the classrooms  The principal of the school, Ms. Terika Grant, along with the class teachers, parents and students met the team.   Mr. Hiroyuki Okazaki, JICA's Project Formulation Advisor, and m embers of JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica, along with Principal Ms. Terika Grant, at the Paradise Street Basic School   Room being prepared for installation of white board and painting by JETAA Jamaica volunteer, Orrette Muir White board being installed by member of JAAJ      Volunteers from JETAA Jamaica, Orrette Muir and Tereka Brown paint...