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TO HELL & BACK

Shelly-Ann embraces a new day after a lifetime of abuse & an unjust charge for murder

August 9^th, 2023

Footnotes Text by UNDP Communications Analyst, Gillian Scott. Thanks to UNDP Spotlight Initiative programme manager, Shellian Forrester and thanks to teams from St Thomas and Clarendon Municipal Corporation and Clarendon Parish Development Benevolent Society for facilitating the interviews. Photos by Ricardo Makyn for UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica

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A new app gets top marks for improving access to services, jobs & search & rescue options, from Persons with Disabilities in The Bahamas

Jamaica’s mining lease process is now digital, boosting efficiencies & environmental safeguards.

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Multiple setbacks did not deter Claudia from her dreams. Classes & a grant give her a breakthrough