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Gordon Swaby
EDUFOCAL

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KINGSTON, JAMAICA

EduFocal is an innovative social learning platform that combines study with play. It’s the first tool of
its kind created for students at the primary and secondary level in the Caribbean. The online platform
offers preparatory questions for important education programmes. As students go through and
complete the questions on EduFocal’s website, they are rewarded with ‘experience’ points which allow
them to ‘level up’. The more experience points students get and the higher up in levels they go, the
greater their chance of unlocking rewards. Teachers participate in writing questions and engaging the
EduFocal community, which creates important student-teacher interaction.

Tamsyn Browne
ANIMAL HAVEN

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MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
In 2009, Tamsyn, a trained veterinary nurse, opened Montego Bay Animal Haven (MBAH) - an animal
shelter that rescues, rehabilitates and shelters unwanted and injured animals, mainly dogs. The
general public can call MBAH to report an injured animal. Rescued animals, once healthy, are then
offered up for adoption to good homes, including homes abroad. Tamsyn and her team also take
rescued animals into schools to promote the health and welfare of the students’ own animals and
those around them. MBAH is more than a charity. They also provide opportunities for ‘voluntourism,’
and offer dog training and boarding facilities.
1-876-457-1268 / 1-876-952-1602

See Also:
Carol Lue CaribShare Biogas Pg. 13
Omar Evans
Jamaica Volunteer Expedititions
Pg. 50
Randy McLaren Articulet Edutainment Pg. 16

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