UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says the children who were affected by the massive earthquake which devastated large parts of south-west Haiti in August are receiving free hot meals at school as part of an initiative by the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) to support the recovery of the French-speaking Caribbean country’s most vulnerable communities.

MIAMI, Florida - The recently announced professional development program for Caribbean hospitality professionals, launched by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) and Les Roches, the hospitality management institution, has named two dozen Caribbean scholarship recipients.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica-based Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and Florida International University’s (FIU) Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management for the establishment of the Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart International School of Hospitality & Tourism.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says a new regional program aimed at helping students recover the learning losses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) era will be presented to the public on Thursday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Friday announced it had launched a new platform that will provide digital access to the latest in online educational tools for its member states across the sub-region.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucian government has defended its decision to allow for the phased return to the physical classroom Monday saying it is necessary for children to be back in the environment better suited to learning.

PARIS, France – A Jamaican-born teacher in Maryland who has opened up college education for low-income, first-generation American, immigrant and refugee students, has been named the winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2021, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNESCO).

Miami, Florida – Miami Dade College (MDC) was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, to increase the number of women and minority students in the Tesla START program, an intensive 16-week electric vehicle service training program designed to provide students with the skills for a successful career as electrical vehicle technician.

MIAMI, Florida – The annual Caribbean Hospitality and Tourism Association (CHTA) Education Foundation Caribbean Travel Auction launches today (October 23, 2021) on National Make a Difference Day.

PARIS, France – Jamaica has been appointed to be member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Carol City Middle School is the latest Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) campus to receive a new, technology-rich media center as part of the District’s Middle School Redesign (MSR) initiative. A ribbon-cutting ceremony held this morning unveiled the school’s new virtual reality (VR) equipment, Promethean board, robotics section and more than a dozen computer stations.

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – South Florida Motorsports (SFM), the organizers of the Formula 1® Miami Grand Prix, have announced a series of initiatives designed to drive youth education and business development in Miami Gardens. SFM recently launched the F1 in Schools program at the City of Miami Gardens’ Bunche Park STEM Center and will host a Business Summit for Miami Gardens restaurants at Hard Rock Stadium on November 16, 2021. The first ever F1 Miami Grand Prix will be held on May 6-8, 2022.