Growth & Jobs | Unattached youth benefit from training programme

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Growth & Jobs | Unattached youth benefit from training programme

One hundred and sixty-five unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project – Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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