I understand that students are doing their studies from home. What is the best way to get a tablet to a student in Negril?
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I understand that students are doing their studies from home. What is the best way to get a tablet to a student in Negril?
Many Jamaican businesses are donating tablets to schools. This has become a national priority. Possibly contact one of them to see if they can arrange for a tablet to be given to the student of your choice.
The only other ways would be 1) bring it down yourself or 2) send it DHL which will probably make the receiver pay duty and cost you over US$100 to send it.
There really is no convenient way at present.
Probably the best way to get a tablet to someone would be to call the Yellow Computer Store and buy one over the phone. Your student friend could then pick it up there and have some instruction on its use right from the seller. Win-win for a Negril retailer and student.
https://www.yellowscomputerworks.com/ 876-957-9543
Thanks Rob!
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Just another question on tablets for students. My understanding is that some teachers are sending school work through WhatsApp. How do the students get the information from the phone to their tablet?
By using the WhatsApp app for the tablet or laptop. It can be found in the tablets' app store.
Father Jim at Mary gate of Heaven Catholic Church on The Beach Road is also someone who is collecting and distributing tablets to kids that need them. He's got his finger on the pulse of the need in our Negril community because of his involvement at the Negril soup kitchen. actually I know of a kid right now in Peewee Lane that's looking for a tablet to do his studies. If anybody wants to contact Father Jim you can do it through the Facebook page, Mary gate of Heaven Catholic Church. He's somebody that's more than trustworthy when it comes to making sure that items go to people that are truly in need, no corruption at all.
Father Jim...
Jim Bok <jimbok@franciscan.org>
Additionally, I was told by Father Jim several years ago that the fastest way to send funds to him is to do it thru the Franciscan website and specify for Mary Heavens Gate and Father Jim.
I sent Amazon Fire 7 tablets to the Negril Education Environment Trust’s NEET) tablet program 2 weeks ago. They have a tablet program for children that meet at Travellers Beach Resort, Negril. I sent the tablets to NEET c/o Dennis Shipping Co. 1124 Utica Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203. They ship barrels of goods to NEET.
Yes, the link is https://www.stanthony.org/donate-to-franciscans/. You can do a one-time donation or set up a recurring donation, using either a credit card or PayPal. In the Comments box, specify Negril. Father Jim's Get Kids to School program and the St. Anthony's soup kitchen in Negril are both ongoing programs that make effective use of recurring donations. With many of the charities that you hear from all the time, too much of your money goes to administrative costs, high salaries and benefits for the executives, and additional fundraising. With Father Jim's programs, everything you send is spent on those who need it.Quote:
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If your own finances have not been adversely affected by COVID, when you get government relief money or tax refunds, it's a good time to make a donation, as that money is probably not in your monthly budget and earmarked for a specific purpose.