Ralph Ban­warie

Chil­dren from La Hor­quet­ta were giv­en a boost last week when the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion launched a com­put­er in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Speak­ing dur­ing the event last Thurs­day, Dig­i­cel Plus gen­er­al man­ag­er Ja­son Matthews said he was very ex­cit­ed to be part of Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion as they un­veiled the lab. He said it was one means of em­pow­er­ing the youths in tech­nol­o­gy and con­nec­tiv­i­ty.

Matthews said he hoped the youths would take ad­van­tage of this op­por­tu­ni­ty and use the pro­grammes which will be start­ed at the lab to their full ben­e­fit in the long term.

Digicel Plus general manager Jason Matthews assists Terrel Stewart and Jewel Garaway, far left, of Malabar Secondary, with using the Internet on a computer during the opening of a computer centre in La Horquetta last Wednesday.

RALPH BANWARIE

La Hor­quet­ta/Tal­paro MP Fos­ter Cum­mings thanked the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion for bring­ing this type of ac­tiv­i­ty to the youths of La Hor­quet­ta, say­ing he was cer­tain it would pro­vide the nec­es­sary knowl­edge on tech­nol­o­gy to fu­ture par­tic­i­pants.

Min­is­ter of Hous­ing and Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment Camille Robin­son-Reg­is cut the rib­bon to of­fi­cial­ly open the lab.