Social Media Influencers Awarded $25K From Digicel

Five social media influencers have been awarded $25 thousand dollars each by the the Digicel Foundation to execute a personal passion project that will ignite positive change in their communities. In November, as part of its ‘Making Christmas Wishes Come True’ campaign, Digicel invited social media influencers to vie for one of five project grants. From the 10 shortlisted, five received the judges nod: Daniel Lewis will use his funding to partner with the CREDO Foundation for Justice. Jessica James will use hers to empower and transform a group of women through fitness and general wellbeing. Meriah John will deliver a series of workshops on content creation for other influencers. Josette James will conduct a series of school tours promoting alternative careers. Odunmbaku Somorin will use his TT$25k to develop a space for creatives to make their dreams into a reality.