Jamaica Combined Cadet Force, Office of National Reconstruction and the National Youth Service, Youth Volunteers Clean-Up Initiative Programme that started in Negril in October 2004 is making great headway in developing an attitude of volunteerism and service among its youth participants.

Mr Danville Walker, head of the Office of National Reconstruction following the devastation of Hurricane Ivan in Sep 04, left, congratulates individual cadets on their volunteer efforts. Here Mr Walker shakes hands with Lance Corporal Newman, D while Lance Corporal Brown, A (Right) look on at the clean up project at Rae Town Beach and Fishing Village.

Both the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force and the National Youth Service have a well-structured programme for young persons with a mandate for volunteerism and service and the clean up initiative was designed to further encourage and develop the ethics of volunteerism, community spirit and national pride in all participants.

Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four (3,784) man-hours service has to date been given by the 557 volunteers of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force. The communities serve are:

Norman Manley Boulevard – Negril
Hope Zoo – St Andrew
Salem – Runaway Bay – St Ann
Alligator Pond - St Elizabeth
Annotto Bay & Pagee – St Mary
Hope Bay, Bryan & Prospect – Portland
Old Harbour Bay – St Catherine
Rae Town – Kingston

The final project was completed 17 Apr 05 at Rae Town where the large clean up was culminated with a closing ceremony and fete for the community and volunteers.