One Mission, One Love, a Signature Initiative of The Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, in partnership with Region 4 of the Jamaican Ministry of Education, broke ground at Watford Hill Primary School, in Hopewell Hanover, Jamaica to build a pre-school classroom during The Links, Incorporated's January 2017 Global Delegation to Jamaica. The...
Category: International Trends
Jamaica Day 2017 at Bethune
What a great Jamaica Day at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School! On February 3, 2017, The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated partnered with Bethune to bring our signature brand of service while impacting and enriching the lives of students at Bethune. We opened the students' global vision...
Links Connecting with Jamaica
On January 11, 2017, the International Trends and Services facet of the New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated spent the evening preparing hygiene packs for Watford Hill Primary School in Jamaica. New Orleans Chapter International Trends and Services facet Chairperson Germaine Davillier, thereafter, traveled to Atlanta, Georgia and,...
Bethune Celebrates Christmas Around the World
On December 9th, members of the International Trends facet hosted a Christmas Social at Bethune School. Fifty of the school’s Young Ladies of Destiny participated in the event. During the social, students participated in a Christmas art competition and games that introduced Christmas traditions and ideas from around the world. Prizes were...
School Supply Give-Away in Haiti
Dropout rates for primary students are high in Haiti. According to some estimates, more than half of Haiti’s urban primary-school students dropped out before completing the six year primary cycle. In rural areas, the dropout rate is 80 percent. In addition, dropout and repetition rates in rural areas are so...