Keith Duncan, Co-Chair of Project STAR
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More than half of the people trained so far as part of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's social intervention initiative, Project STAR, have received employment opportunities in the most recent cohort.
Keith Duncan, Co-Chair of Project STAR, said more than a hundred people have benefitted from employment and skills training engagement under the project, where they learnt how to function in the workplace, as well as how to deal with employers and their peers.
"[We placed] more than 50 per cent, because we just had 33 coming out of Sav-la-Mar, and we met with the Negril Hotel and Tourist Association, and along with Negril Chamber, and those participants are gone. They will be placed; all the job starter packages have gone out, and they will be placed," he said.
He noted that previous cohorts from Kingston have all already been placed at various jobs.
Mr. Duncan said Project STAR is looking to increase the number of trainees and job placements.
He said the implementation of the project is expected to expand economic output, especially in communities with heightened socio-economic challenges.
"GDP will go up because once domestic economic activity increases, GDP goes up. In these communities, as they become peaceful and harmonious, and economic activity increases, real estate prices will increase. When you have increased economic activity, you have increased tax revenues, and then you have increased GDP. You have increased GDP per capita. At the end of the day, this is how Jamaica benefits," suggested Mr. Duncan.
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