Food For The Poor donates computers

Rasbert Turner, Sunday Gleaner Writer

Seven-year-old Damion Brown smiled broadly as he got his first touch of the keys of one of the 12 new computers at his school last Thursday. Charity organisation Food For The Poor donated the computers to The Seventh-day Baptist Early Childhood Institution and Smith's Better Learning Preparatory School at Job Lane, Spanish Town, St Catherine.

It was a gesture that was welcomed by operator of the school, Millicent Smith, who said it was a timely gift to early childhood education.

"These computers will help to get our students in tune with education through the computer, as for some time we have been lagging behind in this department. We go beyond the children as we also do remedial studies. So, we are indeed thankful," Smith said.

Similar sentiments were offered by early childhood commission field officer Lorri-Ann Robotham.

"We are very pleased by this gesture to the school. We salute the effort to strengthen early childhood education," Robotham said.