Eveth Colley - President/Founder, Jamaica Ambassador Programs

OVERVIEW

The Tallawah podcast is the product of many musings on the perception of success. How success is typically defined within societies can vary greatly from how an individual perceives success. Tallawah is a venture led by Latoya Wakefield (IG: @latoyawakefield) and Yanique Taylor (IG: @taylored.consulting), entrepreneurs pursuing their own version of success. As Jamaicans, Tallawah is a word used in our culture that means strength or fearlessness. The phrase, "wi likkle but wi tallawah" is used often to acknowledge our fellow Jamaicans locally and internationally who are achieving greatness, especially through their passions. This greatness across many domains is what we are featuring through Tallawah, with the goal to inspire others to seek out and achieve their own passion-fuelled success. We are seeking to help change lives one ear at a time (Shout out to Charles Hyatt for the tagline!)

GUEST

Eveth Colley, President/Founder, Jamaica Ambassador Programs (JAP) – “Promoting Education as a Path to Progress.”

Jamaica Ambassador Programs is a 501(C) (3) non-profit organization founded by Eveth Colley in 2011 to provide financial and educational support for underprivileged children in developing countries.  The organization started its programs in the community of Flower Hill Jamaica, where the founder lived as a child.  The goal is to expand to other similar communities in Jamaica, then to other Caribbean Islands and then to other developing and underdeveloped countries.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Her father relocated the family to the United States where she felt the family dynamics changed, but she felt the need to reconnect with Flower Hill in Jamaica.
• In 2010, she visited the community where her father returned after living many years in the U.S. This 7-day visit would inspire her to create Jamaica Ambassador Programs.
• Eveth was infuriated by “the prosperity of poverty” she witnessed in Flower Hill. “My spirit was knotted in anger!”
• “I saw hardships in the mountains, while looking at other people living well.”
• She credits her faith as what guided her to address the anger and despair she felt from her trip.
• She views learning and knowledge as the power needed to breakthrough poverty.
• Eveth returned to the Flower Hill community in March 2011 to register students to receive school supplies after developing and registering her non-profit organization.
• She views her greatest accomplishment as the transformation of hope in the community. Eveth has been transforming students in Flower Hill through annual missions with volunteers from the U.S. as well as with donations of school supplies. She also awards scholarships to top performing students through the support of donors.
• JAP will be hosting its 10th mission in 2020.
• Eveth credits her willpower to stay the course despite many obstacles as a result of God putting her on this path.

RESOURCES

https://jamaicaambassadorprograms.org/

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