E-Newsletter

In this issue:

USAID-sponsored HEART trainee displays fried rice dish prepared in a practical learning session. 

Aid in Action

• Protected Areas and Rural Enterprise project builds capacity of small business operators
  
  
• USAID/Jamaica launches results of 2008 Democracy Survey
  Longitudinal report provides insight on views in the public domain
  
• USAID, JCF and GoGSAT partnership to benefit nearly 4000 students
  
  
• Jamaican Anti Trafficking In Persons Project Changing Lives for Vulnerable Youngsters
  From selling on the street to a steady job in security
  

Announcements

• Country Assistance Strategy 2010-2014
  
  
• Barbados and Jamaica missions spearhead Caribbean PEPFAR II Partnership
  Five-year PEPFAR Regional Partnership gets on track
  

Press Releases

• Education Minister Lauds EEH for Promoting Excellence in Literacy and Numeracy
  
  USAID's Expanding Educational Horizons (EEH) project hosted a close-of project symposium on April 30, 2009. The EEH is a joint initiative between the Jamaica and United States Governments in the key areas of literacy, numeracy and educational technology. The four-year project (2005-2009)benefits approximately 30,000 students from 71 primary schools and 2,000 out-of- school youths from six Jamaican NGOs.