JIS donates educational material to Mount Olive Youth Club

CONTRIBUTED Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Research and Publications Department, Taja Simpson (left), talks about some of the JIS’ publications that are being handed over to President of the Mount Olive Youth Club, Allison Hughes (right). The Club, located in Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew, received a box of publications from the JIS. Looking on is JIS chief executive officer, Donna-Marie Rowe. Club in Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrewthat will benefit the community’s children. The package includes story books such as ‘A Different Hurricane’ and ‘Other Stories’ and ‘Wake Rasta and Other Stories’; books on culture, such as ‘Jamaican Folk Customs and Beliefs’, ‘Rhythms, Wheel and Tun’, and ‘Our Culinary Heritage’; books on Jamaican history such as ‘What is Our National Heritage’, ‘Freedom Road’, ‘Free Villages’, ‘Freedom in Jamaica’, ‘Maroons’ and ‘Emancipation Tit Bits’. The club also received posters depicting the national anthem, national pledge, national symbols, and national heroes and heroine; governors-general; prime ministers; and globally renowned cultural icon, Miss Lou.