Jamalco Managers Take Part In Mentoring Workshop (Jamaica)

Former guidance counsellor Grace Campbell addresses managers and supervisors at a training workshop for Jamalco mentors. - Photo by George Henry

In a move to influence student behaviour in central Jamaica positively, bauxite company Jamalco recently engaged all its managers and some supervisors in a training workshop aimed at certifying them as mentors. Members of Jamalco's management team, led by Managing DirectorJerome Maxwell and Refinery Manager Silvio Porto, participated in the workshop at the company's Halse Hall, Clarendon, refinery. The training session was designed to equip the workers with the skills and aptitude necessary to counsel teenagers participating in the Jamalco mentorship programme at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon. Former guidance counsellor Grace Campbell, who led the workshop, commended the leaders for offering themselves as mentors, and encouraged them to give the youngsters hope and an opportunity to fulfil their potential.

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