Aviation veteran Nari Williams-Singh marked 42 years in the aviation industry by donating $500,000 to New Forest High School’s Eva May-Wright Auditorium project during the third staging of the Spring Soirée for Education, held May 14 at the chairman’s residence in Kingston. Williams-Singh said his decision to tie the donation to his aviation milestone reflects his desire to extend the opportunities education gave him.

After attending Vaz Preparatory and Calabar High School, he began his aviation career in Canada in 1984 and later rose to leadership roles in civil aviation administration internationally.

“Aviation has provided me with opportunities through education, mentorship and discipline, and I have always believed that such opportunities should be available to all young people everywhere, and even more so in rural communities,” he said, “Education changes lives.”