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Street charity Youth on the Move wants to help deliver a training programme aimed at getting vulnerable young people into jobs.
The group, which assisted Columbia University’s recent study into young black males, says it has the experience and knowle...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Don't let your circumstances be an excuse to your future success or you'll end up with a “just enough” life.
This was the hard-hitting message from former CedarBridge Academy student Jamari Douglas, who battled against the odds to land his dream job ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Many black Bermudian males don't go to college because they are taught so little about how to apply, according to researchers.
Columbia University's interviews with students showed the need for more resources to be poured into career and college guid...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Schools need to urgently step up their counselling services so that troubled children have someone to turn to.
This is the view of community leaders who fear children could be bottling up their emotions because there is not enough support available.
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DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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It’s vital that young black men are given work opportunities to “turn their hopelessness into desire”, according to the United Bermuda Party.
In what could be the political party’s last statement, UBP MPs Kim Swan and Charlie Swan say they want black...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Adult graduate Nadine Nembhard dropped out of school at 16 when she fell pregnant, but having had another “taste of education” she’s now hungry for more.
An excited Ms Nembhard was among the 44 men and women who donned their caps and gowns for the A...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Young men sitting on Bermuda's walls are keen to transform their lives, but they don't do anything about it as they don't feel part of the community.
About 150 people were last night told how young black men were “not at all satisfied” at being out-o...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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The class of 2011 was today encouraged to play a part in “turning Bermuda right around” as they graduated from CedarBridge Academy.
A total of 75 students donned their caps and gowns for the graduation ceremony at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium thi...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Primary school students at Warwick Academy had no idea paper cranes they made in class could make a world of difference to earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.
But that’s exactly what happened when three workers from reinsurance company Tokio Mi...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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Victor Scott Primary has received a sweet donation of fresh fruit each morning and its students are reaping the rewards, according to principal Valerie Williams.
Sun Life Financial has provided 130 students, between ages five and 11, with a nutritio...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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