UTech, Jamaica 2016-17 Annual Report

University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 Page 112 Excellence Through Knowledge Division of Community Service and Development cont’d. with a clothes drive. The group handed over a generous donation of clothing to the home in March 2017. y y Montego Bay Community Home for Girls: A donation of $100,000 was made to the home by the SOBA Seminar group of 2016/2017. y y Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf, St. James: A donation of $200,000.00 was made to the school to help offset operational expenses. The SOBA Seminar Group of 2016/2017 also contributed to this donation. Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF): In March 2017, a team from the Western Campus visited the WCJF. Non-perishable items, baby toiletries, toys, books, clothes were among some of the items donated to the facility. The WCJF runs an Adolescent Mothers Programme which provides classroom instruction and support for mothers 16 years of age and under in a bid to return the students to the formal school system with the aim of delaying the birth of a second child. COBAM On Monday, October 24, 2016, the first batch of tablets under the U-Touch II project was handed over to the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf. FLOW Jamaica provides the school with wireless internet service. A baseline study is to be conducted, evaluating the impact of the UTouch software on the students. Another, on the impact on teaching, access to ICT infrastructure and obstacles to the use of ICT in teaching will also be undertaken. This study will be in done in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Onyefulu – Vice Dean, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies (FELS). y y The Economics Division in the School of Business Administration hosted an annual Economics High School Workshop, November 1-2, 2016. The Workshop reinforced Microeconomics and Macroeconomics concepts aimed at improving the student’s analytical skills, performance and confidence on their class assessments, CXC and CAPE examinations for 2017. College of Oral Health Sciences Over 100 health fairs and outreach activities were conducted during the period under review. More than 15,000 individuals have received oral health care services from the College. The following are some of the communities visited: 1. University of Technology, Jamaica, Main Campus 2. Pentecostal Assembly- Kingston 3. Power of Faith Ministries-Bog Walk 4. The Jamaica Constabulary Force- St Andrew South Division 5. The Port Authority- Kingston 6. Trinity Moravian Church 7. Half Way Tree Seventh-Day Adventist Church 8. New Life Foundation 9. Shortwood Teachers College 10. Montpelier Apostolic- Nain, St. Elizabeth 11. Gregory Park Baptist Church- Portmore 12. Social Development Commission- Spanish Town 13. Eltham United Church- Spanish Town 14. Food for the Poor 15. Jamaica 4-H Club- Western Region 16. Nuttall Memorial Hospital 17. Optimist Club 18. National Child Month Committee 19. Soroptimist International Jamaica- Kingston 20. Havenhill Baptist Church