RAFFA Links Olympic 2012 Award to Education, Health and Social Action for Jamaica 50 and Beyond: Passing the Baton Legacy to Inspire a Generation
5 POINT PLAN
Jamaica Education Initiative
- To support innovative learning solutions that improve educational attainment
- To improve ICT and Library facilities for local communities
- To translate education into skills for employability and enterprise skills
Windrush International Development Scholarship Awards
- Recognise the potential of children at Primary/High Schools and celebrate inspiring individuals who have made a significant impact on the education of children and young people.
- MICO University College Student Teachers studying for Masters in Special Education
Health & Wellbeing
- Build on relationships with Public Health Institutions, Health Professionals, Patient Support Groups and Community Medical Facilities for people with long term conditions.
- Food, Nutrition & Healthier Lives, seeks to link young people and their natural environment for long-term health improvement and sustainability.
- Facilitation & Representation
Programme is designed to engage Jamaica Government Ministries/Institutions and related agencies to improve collaboration and information sharing amongst individuals and organisations who wish to donate medical equipment and facilities..
Social Action
- To support the creation of jobs through affordable housing partnerships for community empowerment
When The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games(LOCOG) awarded, RAFFA, a charity and it’s host COGOP with the Inspire Mark, for Passing the Baton: Inspiring Peaceful, Caring & Enterprising Neighbourhoods, it had implications way beyond the vision of Rudi Page (CEO, RAFFA), as Passing the Baton has become the catalyst that inspired a greater level of collaborative efforts, confidence building and trust in a generation amongst the various interests that encompass the UK Caribbean communities, with Jamaican’s forming the largest grouping. The UK Caribbean Diaspora and Caribbean-based private sectors have yet to demonstrate the same level of collaboration in order to set a common agenda for jobs, growth and increased market share-this is unusual, given the mutual interest in reaching the consumer with their Brands.
Passing the Baton set the agenda by focusing on Youth, Business & Enterprise, Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Skills and Volunteering for Social Action. Its aim is to also set about building relationships with individuals and organisations from across the faith, public, private and voluntary sectors that shared the desire to ‘use the power of the games to inspire change’. A festival approach has effectively brought together disparate activities located in churches, civic centres, colleges, community halls and schools.
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