KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has recommended 5 secondary college students for his or her heroic actions in looking for medical consideration for his or her severely injured schoolmates, enlisting them as ‘Ambassadors for Good.’
The children – Leon Barnes, Khari Inexperienced, Garry Bartley, Daejuan Gordon, and Dejaun Powell – had been every offered with a laptop computer and a certificates of official commendation at a ceremony held at Jamaica Home “in recognition of exemplary and selfless motion carried out on behalf of Jaheim Coleman, a fellow scholar on the B.B. Coke Excessive College on Thursday, twenty eighth September 2023”.
Holness instructed the ceremony, “It’s not usually that we see the form of response that we noticed with the younger males from B.B. Coke and the way they assisted their fellow scholar, Jaheim.
“The extent of social dissonance that we see, notably in our faculties, notably with using violence, can generally lead us to consider that the worth base of the society is eroded.
“What we noticed being displayed is a reaffirmation that the core of our society remains to be good and that there are younger individuals in our society, with out prompting, who will act within the curiosity of their fellowmen,” the Prime Minister mentioned, including that the scholars acted nearly as good Samaritans and their deeds have to be acknowledged, praised and inspired.
“Jaheim’s survival at present could possibly be tied to the actions of those younger males. In acknowledging it, we additionally give tokens that they will must [recall] this second and to enlist them as Ambassadors for Good and Ambassadors of Constructive Behaviour,” Holness mentioned.
The scholars expressed their appreciation for the laptops.
Training and Youth Minister Fayval Williams mentioned she had visited the hospitalized scholar a number of instances. They recommended the Ministry of Well being and Wellness for the swift motion and high quality of care.
“As much as Sunday afternoon, we had been there (on the hospital) together with his mom, uncle, aunt, brother, and different family,” she mentioned, noting that when she final noticed Jaheim, he might sit up in a chair.
“He indicated that he was feeling effectively and that, most significantly, he had already forgiven the opposite scholar who precipitated him to be within the hospital,” Mrs. Williams mentioned.
In the meantime, Board Chairman Cetany Holness praised the scholars for his or her actions.
“No automobile was out there on the time [of the incident], they usually took him up of their arms and took him to the physician. As chairman of the establishment, I commend them extremely for what they’ve performed,” Holness mentioned.
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