Excerpt from Jamaica Observer column published Monday, May 31, 2021
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
It was a pleasure to introduce Scheed Cole, founder of 360 Recycle, to Prime Minister Andrew Holness last week. On behalf of the Digicel Foundation, Miguel “Steppa” Williams and I presented Cole’s ‘Grow Pots’ to the prime minister, who congratulated the creative manufacturer on the durability and finish of his work. Scheed explained that, at his Rousseau Road location, he and fellow artisans reuse packaging foam, paper and PET plastic bottles to create garden accessories and sculptures. His striking renditions of our national heroes can be seen at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay.
We were grateful that Holness, who had been pressed for time, took so much interest in the work of 360 Recycle, reading through his booklets and assuring him of his personal support.
Last Wednesday, I took part also in the opening of a well-equipped multi-purpose centre sponsored by the Digicel Foundation at the Jerusalem Children’s Home on Windsor Avenue in Spanish Town. This is one of several homes in Jamaica operated by Mustard Seed Communities (MSC), founded by Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon. We surveyed the beautiful grounds where three buildings house 160 children, some of whom are HIV-positive and others who have both physical and mental challenges.
MSC International and local executive directors Fr Garvin Augustine and Darcy Tulloch-Williams hosted our group, which included Digicel Foundation CEO Charmaine Daniels and managers Carnel Campbell and Tiffany Grey. We were moved by the loving care and attention given to the children under the keen management of Suzette Dixon and Donna Reynolds.
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