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Why Serena Williams Went to Jamaica

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - February 11, 2016

Tennis superstar Serena Williams recently completed a high-profile visit to Jamaica — but it wasn’t for sun, sand and sea.

The world’s number one-ranked player headed with her team to Ocho Rios to help build a school in the area of Salt Marsh through the Serena Williams Fund.

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The Salt Marsh Infant School is the third school built by her fund, this time in partnership with Helping Hands Jamaica.

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Above: “Got to read to some of the cutest kids yesterday from Salt Marsh where we built a new school building,” Williams wrote on Facebook.

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During her time on the island, Williams and her team stayed at a large villa in Ocho Rios donated by John Bailey (above).

— CJ Staff

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