JFJ opens documentary centre in MoBay
MONTEGO BAY, St James – The human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) yesterday opened a library and documentary centre in Montego Bay.
The facility, costing just under US$68,000, is geared at facilitating research in a variety of areas. Located at 40 Barnett Street in the city, the centre is equipped with a vast number of books, periodicals and journals. Also on offer are a number of CDs and videos that document the laws of Jamaica, and an encyclopedia.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided funding for the project.
Sasha Park, who represented the USAID at the official opening ceremony, said the project was a good complement for the ongoing activities of their agency.
“We see this activity as very important… as really a perfect complement to some of the other things that we do,” she said.
Librarian Pauline Nicholas, who worked with the JFJ to allow the project to reach fruition, expressed pride at its success while encouraging all to make use of the facility.
“As a librarian, I am truly ecstatic and I say thanks,” she said.
For her part, Dr Carolyn Gomes, the executive director of JFJ, said the centre was indicative of the hard work of the JFJ’s Montego Bay chapter over the years and of its importance.
“It is with great pleasure that I am here today, for this official opening of the branch library,” she noted.
The documentary centre is the second of its kind to be set up by the JFJ. The first was established at its headquarters in Kingston in 2003.
The new facility will be open to the public between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on Mondays through Thursdays, while on Fridays it will open from 9:00 am through 4:00 pm.
