Digicel Jamaica Announces Partnership with HEART/NSTA Trust to Usher In a New Era of Digital Skills
Digicel Jamaica and HEART/ NSTA Trust have entered a partnership to collaborate on improving the digital competencies of the Jamaican workforce. Digicel is Jamaica’s primary telecommunications provider and HEART/ NSTA Trust serves as the nation’s leading provider of technical vocational education and training. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining this partnership marks the beginning of […]
Digicel PNG Foundation and IEA College of TAFE Partner to Launch Pilot Programme in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Digicel PNG Foundation and IEA College of TAFE Partner to Launch Pilot Programme in Early Childhood Teacher Education Early learning opportunities for young children are limited in Papua New Guinea, with only 63.4 percent of boys and 56.5 percent of girls attending primary school. When children are able to start school, they often need to […]
Alpha Institute Renovations Completed Thanks to Digicel Foundation
The Alpha Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica—now known as Alpha Institute—is a Catholic educational institution that, over its 140-year history, has become a renowned school known for its unique musical curriculum. It influenced the creation of both ska and reggae musical genres. Its school band, Alpha Alumni Ensemble, started in 1892 and is still running. […]
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel Foundation Assists 60 More Special Needs Children By Providing Additional Tablets
The Digicel Foundation continues its mission to ensure that every child has access to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following its donation of 600 tablets in early June to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), the Foundation handed over an additional 50 during a presentation on June 24, 2020, as well as […]
Digicel Foundation Opened its 174th School in Haiti
Digicel Foundation Haiti opened its 174th school in February 2018. The completion of the PJ Mara de Jolivert National School moved the Foundation one step closer to achieving its goal. In 2014 following the inauguration of its 150th school, the Foundation committed to completing the construction of an additional 25 schools. A special project of […]