Powering potential

FOR parents and their children, weekends would typically wind down with them around the table for Sunday dinners together. Recently, selected families assembled for a different kind of communal nourishment at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston, thanks to the JPS Foundation.

The philanthropic arm of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited invited its cohort of current scholarship beneficiaries — from high schools and tertiary institutions across the country — for a mentorship programme workshop that featured sessions aimed at personal development, career strategising, mental check-ins, robotics tutorials, and much more.

Targeting the holistic development of young minds into well-rounded forward thinkers, the foundation’s mentorship programme segued from the July-hosted scholarship awards ceremony — during which $11 million was invested for tuition payments to further both the academic and life journeys of 42 high school and tertiary students — to include new and continuing beneficiaries.