Tag: poverty

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,…

Pavement

Shadiomar McPharlene / Student Journalist Homelessness is too often linked to the stereotype that everyone that is mentally ill is homeless or, everyone that is homeless must be mentally ill.…

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…