Zanj Radio Library

Zanj Radio Library Zanj Radio is a Jamaican Online Radio Station that serves as an entry into a world of pure artistic and creative energies. It brings you a combination of old, new and emerging music, art and DJs from Jamaica and the rest of the world. Although it is primarily a radio station, the …

Feeding ourselves finding ourselves and restoring dignity to ourselves as human beings

Young Jamaicans might not be learning much about the importance of self-reliance This is preparing them for a cycle of poverty.

Zanj Radio DJs host dj lyme at di ISL

Zanj Radio hosts a DJ Lyme at di ISL

Conference material Saturday September 24 3-6pm at the ISL

The ISL will be having an open day titled Conference Materials this Staurday September 24 from 3-pm. Fresh from two conferences this week summer we brought back conference material to share we also wanted to explore what makes conferences useful for you. Pass thru

People

Th common factor  is people. How we are. How we relate to each other. Some months have gone since i have posted. Many lessons have accumulated though and when i spread them out on the table i see that the common factor is people. If the problem is economic, you will find that it is …

How can we fix the volunteer problem at the ISL?

We have problem at the ISL . We cannot get any volunteers from the Alman Town community which is closest to the ISL and where most of the young people and adults who use the ISL live.  We are also not getting volunteers from outside the community to work with us at the ISL. Sometimes …

“You have to grow something inside them”

Uche says you have to grow something inside them. You have to grow something inside them so that when they think about doing "wrong" the thing will help them to think differently.  This is what he told me when i asked him if he thinks we can change anything for these yutes who come to …

What are some of the things you see emerging from the Maker labs?

What are some of the things you see emerging from the Maker labs? We were asked this question yesterday in a meeting with our Maker labs partners Tony and Christie from the Metabolic foundation. The Maker labs is hosted at Di ISL on Wednesday and Thursday from 3-7pm. We develop project ideas together and guided …

Sexual activity, Awareness and Health among boys in Low income families in Jamaica

This post is based on a conversation with two boys who came to visit the ISL on Thursday February 5 2015. The conversation started when I tried to stop the two boys from calling another boy a “batty boy” (homosexual). They were shouting at him in a threatening manner. I stopped them and also asked …

Looking at Africa – A photographic exhibition about Africa for Children

“Miss what Africa look like?” She leaned over the table waiting for my answer. I told her it was beautiful. She asked me like where? I could see she really wanted to know and although I was pleased I was surprised. A few months earlier this little girl and a few other children who came …