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New notes for the blind
Kadamawe Knife (standing left), director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice at Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies; and Zoria O'Gilvie, director of Incomparable Enterprise and Jus' Water, observe with pleasure as members of the blind community examine new Jamaican banknotes presented to them by the two companies in downtown Kingston on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The gesture was made to more than 1,000 blind Jamaicans in order to familiarise them with the new notes. The companies say they intend to follow-up with another presentation.(Photo: Joseph Wellington)
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August 4, 2023

New notes for the blind

Kadamawe Knife (standing left), director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice at Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies; and Zoria O’Gilvie, director of Incomparable Enterprise and Jus’ Water, observe with pleasure as members of the blind community examine new Jamaican banknotes presented to them by the two companies in downtown Kingston on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The gesture was made to more than 1,000 blind Jamaicans in order to familiarise them with the new notes. The companies say they intend to follow-up with another presentation. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

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