SNN JAMAICA RELIEF MISSION

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PHASE ONE:

¥ Five (5) new homes for five separate poor families in the Bethel Town community;

¥ Feeding program to provide daily hot breakfast / meals to more than 600 school children at the Bethel Town Public School;

¥ 4,000-square-yard play at the Bethel Town Public School, accommodating more than 700 students and many spectators.

¥ A road that is approximately 3/4 miles long, to accommodate the people and cars.

PHASE TWO

A Library and a Computer Technology Lab

Total Cost $194,800.00

1. Library In phase two, School News Nationwide and its partners proposed to build a library at the Bethel Town School to accommodate 100,000.00 books.
To date, we have collected 7,000 books for the new library.
First floor, will be the library
76 ft X 109 ft X 24 ft
Cost include material and labor $97,400.00

General Steel, an American Colorado based construction and engineering firm, designed this library and Technology Lab. This modern building will be able to withstand dangerous winds, hurricane and storms, traveling at 155 miles per hour.

2. Computer Technology Lab
We will build a computer technology lab with classrooms to accomidate147 computers
Second floor-story building
76ft x 109 ft x 24 ft
Cost include material and labor $97,400.00

Background:
Three years ago, several School News Nationwide members visited the poor community of Bethel Town in Westmoreland, Jamaica. The team provided medical care to residents, repaired and painted the Bethel Town School, and initiated a Bethel Town community agricultural development project. After seeing the community's need and desperation, we pledged to return and improve their school, build new roads, erect new and better housing for the poor, develop a 4,000 square yard playfield, construct a library to accommodate more than 100,000 books, provide a computer lab to accommodate 147 computers, and help the Bethel Town people to become self sufficient.