{"id":2875,"date":"2019-09-02T21:45:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2019-09-02T21:45:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:45:51","slug":"tourism-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2875","title":{"rendered":"Tourism giving back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><em>See Better, Learn Better with Cornerstone Jamaica<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Rosalee D. Wood<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the year 1983, Gary Robinson took his first trip to Jamaica, where he stayed in Negril, which has been his vacation destination ever since.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness that\nhad put him through a rough time. He soon discovered that while he was praying\nfor healing abroad, his Jamaican friends were also praying. When his wife was\nhealed, he was overcome with gratitude that he wanted to give back to the\nwonderful people who had stood by him. People who became family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He started what he called a Laundry, Shoe, Clothing Project\nthat provided assistance for persons who may have been fire victims or just\npeople in need. However, a friend suggested he improve the project as this was\nnot sustainable. Robinson agreed as he believes it is better to teach a man how\nto fish than to give him a fish. Thus, Cornerstone Jamaica was birthed in 2011.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Western Jamaica, Cornerstone Jamaica is a team of\nprofessionals from various industries, local and abroad, working together to\nachieve one goal. Their projects are geared towards improving health and\neducation in Jamaican communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cornerstone is the first stone laid in any foundation,\ntherefore it must be solid. Each project is geared towards long term\ndevelopment of the community and Jamaica on a whole. It is not surprising then\nthat Cornerstone Jamaica has started with schools. It is from this that the\nfirst project, \u2018See Better, Learn Better,\u2019 was launched, with the focus of\nfitting students in need with tested glasses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project began in 2015 and sees the organization uniting\nwith the Rotary Club of Negril and the Mission of Sight. School visits are done\nwhere students do eye tests and are fitted with brand new eyewear if glasses\nare required. The organization is of the belief that students who are not\nattentive are often troubled by other health issues, one such is poor eyesight.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By improving their vision, Cornerstone Jamaica believes that\nstudents will be better positioned to achieve greater academic success. \u201cWe\ntrack the students\u2019 receiving glasses to provide evidence based data on\nimprovements in literacy and school performance.\u201d Says Anika Robinson,\nCommunications Manager for the organization. \u201cIt is our aim to be a part of all\nschools across the island.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November, the organization will be having a major\nback-to-school clinic, which will be the launch of a series across Western\nJamaica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pick up a copy of the Western Mirror each Monday to get more\ninformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the year 1983, Gary Robinson took his first trip to Jamaica, where he stayed in Negril, which has been his vacation destination ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1497,1496,290,30],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tourism","tag-learn-better","tag-see-better","tag-tourism","tag-western-jamaica"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2877,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/2877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}