Friday, April 26, 2024
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

Updates on positive developments, events and activities in the island.

All thirteen of the 2021 Miss Jamaica Festival Parish Queens have now been crowned ahead of the competition’s televised Grand Final on Sunday, August 1. The final three queens, Miss St. Elizabeth - Kaydian Taylor, a 24-year-old Social Worker; Miss...

With every passing year, the detrimental effects of plastic waste on our environment become even more glaring. With roughly 300 million tons of plastic being produced globally each year, the Sandals Foundation has intensified its efforts to reduce plastic...

The Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) was awarded third place for exceptional execution – excellent project planning and delivery in the Inter-American Development Bank’s Project Execution Challenge.  Project Manager, Dr. Winsome...

To mark World Earth Day, The Fisherman's Co-operative Beach in Montego Bay received a much-needed facelift when Sandals Foundation ambassadors from Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Resorts International and Sandals Royal Caribbean Resorts on Monday. Over 700 pounds of garbage and...

Children First, is our unique community-based organization formed in 1997 which uses creative participatory and developmental approaches to provide life-changing programmes for children and adolescents. We have locations in Kingston and St. Catherine. We facilitate bi-weekly Wednesday Kreatively Kool...

The Corona Virus came to Jamaica in March of 2020. No one could have predicted it would be here for so long and no one could have imagined the impact it would have on us as Jamaicans. Aside from...

Over 180 pounds of garbage was collected and removed from the Whitehouse community in Montego Bay by Sandals Foundation Ambassadors and Sandals Earth Guardians from the three Sandals Resorts in the second city, along with students and teachers from Flanker...

Recently, millions worldwide celebrated International Global Wellness Day by doing a physical activity, eating healthily or engaging in therapeutic sessions as a means of mental and physical relaxation. However, for Sandals Resorts in the Montego Bay region, the emphasis...

MONTEGO BAY, St. James- On June 27th and 28th, the Sandal Resorts in the Montego Bay region (Sandals Royal Caribbean, Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Inn) in collaboration with the Social Development Commission St. James, will host a two-day...