Two awards a year, and the craft the students make from almost nothing.
The MIC Scholarship Award
“Annually the Foundation gives an education Scholarship Award to two deserving students. We congratulate and honor the recipients.”
Twenty students are eligible for support. At the families’ request, we don’t publish recipients’ names.
3
award years so far
20
students each year
20
students eligible
Award years
The award has been presented in 2014, 2015 and 2017.
2014
The first MIC Award presented at Mount Waddy Primary School.
2015
The second year of the award.
2017
Presentation at the school.
2017
The second recipient of that year.
Photographs are published; names are not.
Arts & Crafts
Made at Mount Waddy Primary School, almost entirely from recycled and found materials — tissue paper, scrap cloth, newspaper, coconut shell, tree root and matchsticks.
Cloth dolls
Collage of craft pieces
Floor mat made from scrap cloth
Floor mat made from shredded scrap cloth
Handbags made from recycled newspaper and paper bags
Jamaica’s national bird, the Doctor Bird, made from tissue
Jamaica’s national coat of arms made from tissue
Jamaica’s national flag made from tissue
Map of Jamaica made from wood, sand and cord
Model washing machine made from cardboard
Newspaper flowers in a plastic bottle and wood vase
Pencil holder made from ice-cream sticks
Picture made from seeds and pencil shavings
Stuffed animals and wooden vases
Trinket box made from matchsticks and wooden clothes pins