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Kyra McCreath enjoys her meal on Tuesday as the Dream Big for Youth Foundation launched a breakfast programme at the Elite Basic School in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. See story on Page A2.
Updated 7 hours ago by Sashana Small/Staff Reporter

Dream Big Foundation serves up ‘Breakfast for Bright Futures’

The Elite Basic School in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, provided Antoine Lodge with refuge, friends, and filial love when he was a student there more than 20 years ago. Describing the school as a “safe haven”, Lodge said his experience at the early childhood institution instilled in him a desire to give back. On Tuesday, he was able to fulfill that aspiration by launching the Breakfast for Bright Futures Programme through his Dream Big for Youth Foundation.

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Minister of Education Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon.
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