North Street United Education Development Scholarships

The North Street United Education Development Foundation, is this year providing some 44 scholarships to needy local students.

on October 12, 2024

The North Street United Education Development Foundation, a registered faith-based charitable organisation that has been affiliated with the Kingston-based North Streets United Church for the past 14 years, is this year providing some 44 scholarships to needy students.

The primary mandate of the foundation is to support youth development through the enhancement of educational opportunities for students within the church community and adjoining communities.

In underscoring the basis for the foundation’s continued support for youth development, its latest initiative involves 44 students, including those from the North Streets United Church, North Streets Primary School, and other students from the adjoining community, who recently collectively benefited from scholarships and book grants totalling $2.6 million.

Over its years of existence, the foundation has contributed $24 million in scholarship funds to students spanning the early childhood, secondary and tertiary levels, who were in dire need of educational assistance.

Additionally, other impactful projects of the foundation included provision of salaries for teachers at Wee Angels Early Childhood Centre, as well as provision of desktops and tablets for the North Streets United Church and the school’s cyber centre.

The foundation is significantly supported by Crown Church in Inverness, Scotland, as well as several persons who are past members of the church and who are presently residing in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Among the key stakeholders championing the cause are Professor Godfrey Palmer, a Jamaican-British academic and human rights activist, and Donald Reynolds, a retired chartered accountant and member of the foundation’s and the North Street United Church’s executives.

The North Street United Church founded the North Street United Education Development Foundation to promote the church’s outreach arm and its social intervention programmes. The church is celebrating its 187th anniversary in 2024.

Source: Scholarships from North Street United Education Development Foundation | Loop News | October 10, 2024 04:00 PM ET