Mr. Winston Wellington
The Office of the President of IAEWP is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.Winston Wellington as the National Chancellor of Jamaica with immediate effect..
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Winston Wellington, after rising from poverty has spent his life giving back and trying to make this world a better place by providing opportunities for others. Today and for the last 15 years, he’s touched many lives through his non-profit organization, Negril Education Environment Trust (N.E.E.T.).
The initiative started in the garage of his Long Island home where he would collect donations of books, computers and toys and have them shipped to Jamaica to those in need.
He has since expanded this operation with its home now based in Jamaica where’s he’s built 17 libraries for schools around the country and stocked each with book and computer donations from friends, family and a network of relationships built on the foundation of giving back. Through travel, he saw what the lack of education was doing to his home country and decided to do something about it.
N.E.E.T.’s core focus is on fighting crime through education by providing educational access to the underprivileged youth in the community and all around Jamaica, and also by educating parents who did not have the opportunities that Winston is now helping to provide for their children.
His latest initiatives include a Tablet Leadership Program,an 8-week course that teaches the use of tablets where graduating students receive a tablet to take home, an annual trip to Disney Worlds Epcot Center & the University of South Florida, and a Jamaica-Japan Cultural exchange program.
Accomplishments and Impact:
His work is making a huge difference, providing youngsters an opportunity to accomplish whatever their dreams may be by providing education and sponsorship opportunities. The gift of a tablet at the end of each 8-week course opens up a whole world of possibilities to children who otherwise may have few based on the widespread economic hardships that many in the country face each day.
Some of his initiatives and accomplishments include:
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17 libraries built for schools in Jamaica
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Millions of books and thousands of computers distributed to schools and libraries in Jamaica
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Facilitating several medical missions each year to provide much-needed access to healthcare to the community
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Annual trip to Disney’s Epcot Center and South Florida University for deserving students
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Japan-Jamaica cultural exchange program where Japanese students exchange cultural dances and language with Jamaican students
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Annual Beach Cleanup in Negril, Jamaica where students, parents and volunteers help keep our environment clean
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8 Week 'Tablet Leadership Program' where an average of 50 students and 50 parents learn the proper use of a computer tablet and the four pillars of success
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Annual Cultural day event where children from 8 different Primary School perform in front of our visitors, many of whom partake in N.E.E.T.’s 'Buy a Brick Build a Library' program
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Every year N.E.E.T. in conjunction with Dennis Shipping and the Grange Hill Past Student Association for the past six years visit the elderly and disabled within the community and provide them with a Christmas meal on Christmas day. N.E.E.T. donates funds and participates in the delivery of the meals.
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. In the past has facilitated the Haringey Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra & Big Band where 119 Children between 11 and 19 years of age performed at 8 schools associated with N.E.E.T.
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5 days a week Winston volunteers at the local soup kitchen feeding those in need in the Negril Community.
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