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The PRP
Scholarship

Story
By Keisha Ann Sleight

The Poverty Reduction Programme, PRP has led to him to France and not only seeing the historic and
which is funded by the European Union has world renowned sites but also going to school and speaking
been, over its years of being implemented the language.
through the Jamaica Social Investment
Fund, primarily focused on education This 22-year-old Shortwood Teachers college student, is
through the improvement of school infrastructure. different from most young men his age in his community as he
chose a very unlikely area to study and has excelled immensely
However, the PRP has in the past few years ventured into in it. So much so that he applied for the Poverty Reduction
investing in tertiary students by giving them well-needed Programme scholarship and was successful. Of the group
scholarships and opening their eyes to a world of possibilities of scholars who received the well needed funding for their
they would not have seen without this financial aid to further education, Alex is one of two who studies languages.
their education.
The other is Rushand Blake, who like Alex, is studying Spanish
Alex Denton has traveled more than many in his community and French at Shortwood Teachers college.
of Parade Gardens in Central Kingston. His love of languages

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