Basic School in Kingston Jamaica Gets “Spruced Up” in Collaborative Activity

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JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Recently, members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Alumni Association of Jamaica (JAAJ) and the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association of Jamaica (JETAA Jamaica) visited the Paradise Street Basic School in East Kingston to satisfy four pressing needs of the school:

  • to install a toilet in the teachers' rest room 
  • to refurbish the students' bathroom
  • to repaint the two classrooms
  • to install whiteboards in the classrooms 

The principal of the school, Ms. Terika Grant, along with the class teachers, parents and students met the team.

 JETAA Jamaica and JAAJ visit Paradise Street Basic SchoolMr. Hiroyuki Okazaki, JICA's Project Formulation Advisor, and members of JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica, along with Principal Ms. Terika Grant, at the Paradise Street Basic School 

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic schoolRoom being prepared for installation of white board and painting by JETAA Jamaica volunteer, Orrette Muir

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic SchoolWhite board being installed by member of JAAJ

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School    Volunteers from JETAA Jamaica, Orrette Muir and Tereka Brown painting a classroom

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic SchoolVolunteers from JAAJ and JICA's Project Formulation Advisor, Mr. Hiroyuki Okazaki, (far right) painting a classroom

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Toilet fixtures being installed by member of JAAJ


JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Installation completed

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Tereka Brown, former secretary of JETAA Jamaica and students from Paradise street Basic school

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Tereka Brown, former Treasurer of JETAA Jamaica, and one of its chief painters, celebrates after a satisfying day of work

JAAJ and JETAA Jamaica visit Paradise Street Basic School
Pictured above: JICA's Project Formulation Advisor, Mr. Hiroyuki Okazaki and representatives from JAAJ, JETAA Jamaica and Paradise Street Basic School in one of the newly refurbished classrooms

Contributors to the success of the Paradise Street Basic School "Spruce Up" Project included former Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme participants (JETs) and representatives of JICA's Knowledge Co-Creation Programme based in the Ministry of Tourism, National Water Commission (NWC), Japan Agency for International Development (JAID), National Solid Waste Management agency (NSWMA) and the Ministry of Education Youth and Information (MoEYI).

In thanking the team for its assistance, Principal, Ms. Terika Grant, noted other infrastructural issues that needed to be addressed at the school and said that they could address some of the needs of the schools if they get the tools to do so. 

The Paradise Street Basic School was built in 1948 and is located in Rae Town in East Kingston. The Principal, Ms. Terika Grant, along with two teachers, are in charge of the education of twenty-one students, ages 2-6 years of age. 


Learn more about JICA Alumni Association of Jamaica (JAAJ).




The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association of Jamaica (JETAA Jamaica) was established in 2002 and operates as a non-profit organisation. The JETAA Jamaica is comprised of persons who worked as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) in primary, junior high and senior high schools across Japan under the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. The mission of JETAA Jamaica is to assist in enhancing relations between Jamaica and Japan; promote Japanese culture within Jamaica and serve as a support group for former, current and prospective Jamaican JET participants.

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  1. Marsha Dennie21 March 2022 at 18:05

    It was a pleasure being a part of this initiative. Looking forward to being involved in future interventions of this nature.

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