Canada association focuses on St Mary school

Impacting Jamaica

The Jeffrey Town Education Association based in Toronto, Canada, is making its mark in the St Mary community. Patrick Buchanan, the president and one of the founders of the association, notes that both students and teachers at the all-age school and residents of the community get support from the body. On September 6, 1998, a fire destroyed the Jeffrey Town All-Age School. The institution, which was built in the 1950s, is the only public school for many students of six neighbouring communities. Some travel a far distance to get to there. Six years after the fire, the Jeffrey Town Education Association was founded in Toronto in 2004. It has been helping to rebuild the school, provide the students with furniture and tablets, and assist the teachers and administrators with important items. In this episode of Impacting Jamaica with host Neil Armstrong, says his organization works closely with the school community.