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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Kaysia comes home to mentor</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline>2006 Festival Queen launches Trelawny youth programme</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2006, Kaysia Johnson, signs autographs on Friday for students and teachers of her alma mater, Clarks Town Primary School, at the launch of her community project 'Building Future Leaders: Motivating Youth Through Leadership'.</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Clarks Town, Trelawny - Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2006, Kaysia Johnson, last Friday returned to her roots, launching her community project 'Building Future Leaders: Motivating Youth Through Mentorship' at her alma mater, Clarks Town Primary School, in Trelawny.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The project is aimed at developing youngsters from the rural, sugar-producing community, through workshops that address issues such as sexual and reproductive health, values and attitudes, healthy lifestyles, leadership, civic pride and the importance of building a balanced individual.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Giving back to my community was always one of my dreams," Johnson told a packed audience that included Clarks Town students, former teachers, Johnson's mother and community leaders. "I hope that this project will be a success, that the dream will be fulfilled and people in the community will become stronger, as a result."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Johnson, also a past student of Westwood High School in Trelawny, noted that research shows that the small community suffered many of the social problems affecting the wider society, such as teen pregnancy, drugs and crime. Tackling these problems, therefore, would be the main aim of the project.<P class=StoryText align=justify>In welcoming her back to the school, which will be the base for the eight-month-long project, Acting Principal Sandra Small expressed appreciation that Johnson took the decision to return to the rural community.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We are proud of our past student who has seen it fit to launch the project at her old primary school," the acting principal noted. "She has done us proud and we are proud of her."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Similarly, Member of Parliament for North Trelawny Patrick Harris, said she had chosen the right time and the right place to launch a project aimed at uplifting the youth, putting them in a position to take advantage of the parish's new, emerging economy.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We are moving now from a mainly agrarian economy, to one of service and tourism. The opportunities now are enormous," said Harris, pointing to the major developments of the North Coast Highway, the Trelawny Multi-purpose 'Greenfield' Stadium and the planned US$ 2-billion Harmony Cove Resort.<P class=StoryText align=justify>In response, Johnson said she was very happy that everybody was receptive and welcoming towards her and that others were willing to extend their time and their effort to ensure the project was a success.
<SPAN class=Subheadline>2006 Festival Queen launches Trelawny youth programme</SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2006, Kaysia Johnson, signs autographs on Friday for students and teachers of her alma mater, Clarks Town Primary School, at the launch of her community project 'Building Future Leaders: Motivating Youth Through Leadership'.</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Clarks Town, Trelawny - Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2006, Kaysia Johnson, last Friday returned to her roots, launching her community project 'Building Future Leaders: Motivating Youth Through Mentorship' at her alma mater, Clarks Town Primary School, in Trelawny.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The project is aimed at developing youngsters from the rural, sugar-producing community, through workshops that address issues such as sexual and reproductive health, values and attitudes, healthy lifestyles, leadership, civic pride and the importance of building a balanced individual.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Giving back to my community was always one of my dreams," Johnson told a packed audience that included Clarks Town students, former teachers, Johnson's mother and community leaders. "I hope that this project will be a success, that the dream will be fulfilled and people in the community will become stronger, as a result."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Johnson, also a past student of Westwood High School in Trelawny, noted that research shows that the small community suffered many of the social problems affecting the wider society, such as teen pregnancy, drugs and crime. Tackling these problems, therefore, would be the main aim of the project.<P class=StoryText align=justify>In welcoming her back to the school, which will be the base for the eight-month-long project, Acting Principal Sandra Small expressed appreciation that Johnson took the decision to return to the rural community.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We are proud of our past student who has seen it fit to launch the project at her old primary school," the acting principal noted. "She has done us proud and we are proud of her."<P class=StoryText align=justify>Similarly, Member of Parliament for North Trelawny Patrick Harris, said she had chosen the right time and the right place to launch a project aimed at uplifting the youth, putting them in a position to take advantage of the parish's new, emerging economy.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"We are moving now from a mainly agrarian economy, to one of service and tourism. The opportunities now are enormous," said Harris, pointing to the major developments of the North Coast Highway, the Trelawny Multi-purpose 'Greenfield' Stadium and the planned US$ 2-billion Harmony Cove Resort.<P class=StoryText align=justify>In response, Johnson said she was very happy that everybody was receptive and welcoming towards her and that others were willing to extend their time and their effort to ensure the project was a success.