b'Outreach ActivitiesIGDS Charity FSS Weekend Programme DonationBiotechnology Yam Farmers WorkshopIn commemorating International Womens Day 2020,OnWednesday,November12,2020,Ms.KayannThe second staging of the Yam Farmers Biotechnology 128 the Institute for Gender and Development Studies putHenry, Coordinator for the Faculty of Social SciencesWorkshop was held at the Northern Caribbean University,129on a Handbag Project to provide in need inner-cityWeekendProgrammes,handedoverachequeMandevilleonDecember3,2019.Thefocusofthis ladies with this essential item. Members of the Socialtotaling JMD$15,000 to the senior administrator atworkshop was to sensitize yam farmers in Jamaica to the Sciences Faculty Office saw this as a worthy causetheMustardSeedCommunitiesHeadOffice.Thefight against the yam anthracnose disease and research and made Handbag donations to this initiative.donation was made possible out of an initiative fromon how disease free plantlets could be a possible solution students and their lecturer, Mrs. Garcia McLennon. with additional use of nanoparticles. This workshop was facilitatedthroughtheNationalScienceFoundation (NSF) BREAD PHENO Project.Community Development Project Social Work students in the Faculty of Social SciencesNew Fortress/UWI Junior and Senior Math pursuedtheirpracticumbetweenJulySeptember,Olympiad2019intwocommunities,WoodfordandBullBayThe New Fortress/UWI Junior and Senior Mathematical supervisedbyAldeneShillingford.TheywereOlympiad Competition continues. The First round for instrumental in assisting project designs and projectthe Junior competition was held on January 18 and proposals to benefit critical needs articulated by those19,2020.Approximately2400studentsfrom120 communities. As a result, the proposal for the Woodfordschoolsparticipated.TheSemi-finalroundofthe Primary school to obtain tablets for students in gradesSenior competition was held on Saturday, February 22, 5 and 6, was accepted by the Jamaica National Bank2019 at Western Jamaica Campus and UWI Mona with for the funding of these devices.approximately 120 students from 6 schools (WJC) and approximately 240 students from 20 schools at The UWI Mona Campus. ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Realigning our Resources with Resilience and Resourcefulness'