New sanitary facilities for Marcus Garvey Basic School
NEW sanitary facilities were recently built at the Marcus Garvey Basic School in Greenwich Farm, Kingston, by Petrojam.
The facilities were handed over by Ricardo Neins, senior supervisor, purchasing and warehousing at Petrojam, who was responsible for the design and construction of facilities for boys and girls.
The sanitary facilities, said Petrojam, was a project of its staff community outreach committee and is part of the company’s celebration of its 20th anniversary of operations in Jamaica.
The basic school, sponsored by the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church on East Street in Greenwich Farm, has an enrolment of more than 100 children between the ages of three to five years, from the Greenwich Farm community.
A recognised basic school, subsidised by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the school also receives assistance from the Jamaica Shipping Association and Food for the Poor, to carry out its daily programme of teaching and nurturing the young students, particularly in specially designed learning activities and a music programme.
According to principal, Myrtle Clarke, the young students spend approximately three years at the basic school before they move up to St Peter Claver or St Andrew Primary Schools.
