An Ambassador with a purpose

Residents from Kingston’s Waterhouse community will benefit from the newly refurbished Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Resource Centre, opened on May 15. Through a $5.7 million investment from Digicel Foundation, the facility has significantly boosted learning and skill-building opportunities for young residents, offering training in baking and pastry-making, information technology and sewing. The Resource Centre also has a multi-purpose court for basketball and netball. It was renamed in honour of the Olympic champion by the church she attends - the Penwood Church of Christ which manages the facility.

Renovations included: upgraded bathrooms, newly installed floors and partitions for additional rooms. The centre was painted, electrical work completed and a new perimeter fence installed.

Although she no longer lives there, Fraser-Pryce noted that she, “stays connected” to Waterhouse, which “will always be home”. She added, “Given my level of commitment to the community and the church, it means a lot to be given this honour and legacy.”