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Forged with Clay

Artisans demonstrate the stellar potential of clay livelihoods on the last of Jamaica’s vanishing clay fields

By UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica

March 24^th, 2025

Footnotes Text written by UNDP Communications Analyst Gillian Scott. Thanks to Development Minerals National Coordinator in Jamaica Ruth Clarke; the Rose Town Foundation for the Built Environment; and Kahdabra (Hands in Clay). Photos by Ricardo Makyn for UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica.

© 2025 UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica

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