Carey Olsen has shown its support to the Jost Van Dyke School as part of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Adopt-A-School programme with a donation of $10,000.
In a short ceremony, managing partner of Carey Olsen’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) office, Clinton Hempel, presented a cheque for $10,000 to the school.
Formally launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2007, the Adopt-A-School programme serves to provide a necessary link between the schools and their donor organisations to ensure that each school’s environment is conducive to a dynamic learning experience by the accountable and transparent use of donor funds.
Mr Hempel said: “It is one of our priorities at Carey Olsen to give back to the communities in which we are based and this scheme is the perfect opportunity to work with one our local schools, one that my own family has a personal affiliation with.
“This money will be vital for the Jost Van Dyke School and we will continue to work with them on other projects. I commend the Minister for Education and Culture, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn, for revitalising the Adopt-A-School programme and allowing us to be an adopter.
The Minister for Education and Culture praised the Hempel family and Carey Olsen for their contribution to the territory’s education system through the funding
The cheque was presented to the Honourable Walwyn, the chair of the Adopt-A-School Programme, Mrs. Brenda Lettsome-Tye, and Jost Van Dyke principal, Ms. Laverne Blyden.
Ms. Blyden thanked Carey Olsen and the Hempel family for their thoughtfulness and support over the years.
Through the Adopt-A-School Programme, Carey Olsen will continue to work directly with the Jost Van Dyke School on many school projects to support the shared priorities of the school and other partners.
