MORANT BAY

'Morant Bay' is a town in southeastern Jamaica. It is the capital of the parish of St. Thomas. In 1865 it was the starting point of the Morant Bay Rebellion, the only major peasant revolt (as distinguished from slave rebellions and worker uprisings), in Jamaican history. Also is a sister city to Hartford

Contents

''In The Street''

''In The Street''

''White Hall''
White Hall can be credited with historical experiences. These experience can be traced back as far as slavery days which still continued to affect the community. Today a feeling of deperndency still has it effects in the rural community.The community is faced enourmous constraints such as a rise in criminal activities due to lack of employment oppurtunities and basic infrastructure. In an interview undertaken in the street it was concluded that minimal interest is given to the community and it is continually beig ignored by the pretigious individuals.In addition to this the literacy of individuals is very poor as a survey conducted in January shows that ages group 10-55 person have difficulties in reading. To be continued...........