Tag: jamaican reality

Homelessness

Vanessa Davids / Student Journalist – Homelessness has always been a worldwide issue plaguing the nation on a wide spectrum. This problem is prominent in Jamaica, and is being overlooked…

Determined to Succeed

Shanell Williams / Student Journalist “Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by actions of human beings”, Nelson Mandela. Radcliffe Wilson,…

Life At Sea

Jevaun Edwards / Student Journalist Fishing is one of the primary forms of income that makes up Jamaica’s economy. Coming from the days of our indigenous ancestors, fishing was a…

Impoverished

Adrianna Miller / Student Journalist Jamaica still struggles with a significant poverty problem, especially concentrated in rural areas where residents still have significantly less access to services such as running…

Joseph Burgher

Jevon Williams / Student Journalist Joseph Burgher, native of St. Thomas, Jamaica, born April 1, 1967 and known to most as the blind beggar. I met him when I visited…