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Corporate Hands| Hundreds of youth benefit from BRIDGE Project

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 12:06 AM
Some of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation series of empowerment and development activities under the European Union-sponsored BRIDGE Project, at the graduation and close out ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pega
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Some of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation series of empowerment and development activities under the European Union-sponsored BRIDGE Project, at the graduation and close out ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on October 9.

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

These graduates were a part of the more than 300 young people who participated in the MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) series of empowerment and development activities under the project. They each received certificates of participation and branded tokens, in recognition of their achievements.

The BRIDGE Project, short for Building through Reintegration, Intervention, Development, Growth and Education, aimed to curb youth crime and violence.

Delivering remarks, MYF Chairman Joseph Matalon commended the participants for their resilience and transformation through the programme.

“Across Jamaica, in too many underserved schools and communities, our young people are striving to succeed in circumstances that most of us can scarcely imagine; where opportunity is limited, resources are scarce, and hope can too easily fade,” he said.

Matalon noted that the project had exceeded expectations by addressing the multidimensional challenges faced by at-risk youth.

“When we combine literacy instruction, life and employability skills, mentorship, and cognitive behavioural therapy, we create a foundation that transforms not just individual lives but families, schools, and entire communities. That is precisely what the EU BRIDGE Project set out to do, and it has delivered beyond expectations,” he said.