"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving." – Albert Einstein. The Melbourne and Michael Folkes Foundation is an organization geared towards community development. It will in the near future assist students financially to acquire a better education. Youngsters will benefit by gaining skills that will enable them to be more productive and allow them to become well rounded in life.

Miss Frances Steer, Former Head Teacher, Mount Waddy Primary School, Friendship, Jamaica

I think that Mighty in Character means we should work harder for our goals in life. When I grow up I want to get a job, and it's possible because I work for that goal.

Crystal Elliot, Student, Mount Waddy Primary School, Friendship, Jamaica

MIC Kids Spotlight

Scholarship Award

Annually the Foundation gives an education Scholarship Award to two deserving students.  We congratulate and honor the recipients.

  • 2017-recipients
  • 2017-recipients
  • 2015-recipients
  • 2014-recipients
  • Students Singing Jesus Take The Wheel

 

Arts & Crafts

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  • 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 dust bin decorated with sand
  • Jamaica National Bird Doctor Bird made from tissue
  • Jamaica national coat of arms made from tissue
  • Jamaica National Flag made from tissue
  • Map of Jamaica made from wood sand and cord
  • Model washing machine made from cardboard
  • Newspaper flowers and plastic bottle and wood vase
  • Pencil holder made from icecream fudge sticks saving pan piggy bank made from wood wooden bed
  • Picture made from seeds and pencil shavings
  • Stuffed animals and wooden vases
  • Trinket box made from match sticks and wooden clothes pins
  • Turtle made from coconut shell
  • Walking Sticks made from tree root