Higher Education Opens Doors for Tashana

Tashana Golding Tashana Golding was a scholarship student with Advance, a workforce development program with the goal of increasing youth employability. Today, her training has improved her quality of life, where she represents Jamaica on the international stage as a...

High growth career require soft skills, too

Nursing students learn through hands-on training and skills development at the Instituto Técnico Superior Comunitario (ITSC) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Through the Advance project, or Avanza, FHI 360 partners with technical education programs like ITSC to help marginalized youth...

Knox Community College launches agro-processing learning lab  

Staff and students at Knox Community College celebrated the opening of one of their newest facilities, the Elvris Hewitt-Buckle Learning Laboratory for Agro-processing and Hospitality. The learning lab was established, with support from the Advance Program, to give students access...

Students at the centre of VTDI’s psychosocial program

Current and past students from the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) were invited to a focus group session on psychosocial support hosted by the Advance Program. This session is a part of a three-part consultation session with staff, faculty, and...

Jamaica’s next agro-processors visit Belcour Preserves 

Students and staff members at Knockalva Polytechnic College share a photograph with Mr. and Mrs. Lumsden, owners of Belcour Preserves. Agro-processing students from Knockalva Polytechnic College visited Belcour Preserves to learn from Mr. and Mrs. Lumsden, Belcour owners, about being...

Meet Randy Frías: Advance scholarship holder and outstanding ITLA graduate takes steps as an entrepreneur

Image of Randy Frías Randy Frías is a talented 21-year-old from Santo Domingo East. He resides in one of the most disadvantaged sectors with limited access to health, housing, education and employment; a place where people can become marginalized and...