BOSA Philanthropy

James “Dick” Richards

 In contrast to “cas cas”, “verandah/shop  talk”, and several misconceptions held by “village lawyers” and other unscrupulous persons whose agenda is to propagate mischief, perusal of instructions left by James “Dick” Richards (1872-1965) with respect to funds that are to be disbursed from his estate, clearly stipulate that money  that was to be placed in a Trust Fund for Beersheba Primary School was to provide scholarship for two of the best academic performing students.

The expressed written intention of James “Dick’ Richards that was carried out throughout the years after his death in 1965 by Bermuda Trust Company Limited – a subsidiary of HSBC Bank that bought the assets of Bermuda National Bank in which Mr...

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is delighted to inform you all that victory has been obtained on behalf of Shanisa Jones, grade 10 C student at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), Santa Cruz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies whom the administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies has victimized and denied benefits from James Richards Educational Trust Fund although Bermuda Trust Company Limited – former Trustee of the Fund – declared Shanisa a qualified beneficiary...

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is pleased to announce that in keeping with its Mission Statement, the Association held an impromptu meeting at Sports Day 2013 at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) with Councillor Cyril Martin, Member Parish Council, New Market Parochial Division with a view to come up with a tangible suggestion with respect to how numerous potholes and craters on Beersheba/Flint Valley Parochial Road from the intersection of the Bye-Pass Road to Carr District to Happy Hall (Holness Corner) could be repaired through community involvement.

Unhesitatingly, Councillor Martin accepted the suggestion that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) made to him, that if he provided marl to fill the potholes and craters, male residents in the community would be ...

Shanisa Jones, 14 year old grade 9G student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, who attends Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and maintains 83.8 average academic performance.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has been the safety net that has kept Shanisa in school. On behalf of Shanisa’s parents who reside in the peasant impoverished farming community of Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, the Association wishes to place on record its sincere gratitude to Sheila and Winston (Huntley) Hamilton, Nora “Kitty Teacher” Kirlew-Lawrence, Roy Holness, Kenneth Smith, Viola Cain-Hall, RN, Neville Jones, Beersheba Primary School Alumni, for their periodic generous sacrificial financial contributions that have enabled Shanisa to continue to attend and exce...

Uploaded on Mar 15, 2011

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is please to publish the following feedback that the Association has received with respect to the visit of its Secretary/Treasurer to Bermuda, September 17-23, 2012 to continue and complete his primary and secondary research on James “Dick” Richards.

“I am most pleased that a book is being commissioned as I have a lot of interest in this project.” (Sasha Castle, Attorney- at – Law, great-grand-daughter of James “Dick” Richards)

“Pleased to meet you and congratulations on such a wonderful project. Keep me and the Bermuda Historical Society (BHS) up to date on progress...

   Damanike Smith, 12 year old grade 7G student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, who attends Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS)  and maintains 69.1 averages academic performance.

Damanike Smith, whom the Managing Committee and the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) has decided to defray 50% of her school fees and inescapable miscellaneous expenses as a qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund since September 2011, in her own quiet way, continues to make satisfactory progress at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS.

Nickayla Stevens, 12 years old grade 7F student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, attends St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and maintains a 75.6 academic performance.

Provision of Electricity –

Nickayla  and her mother occupied a one room apartment with no electricity.  Nickayla use to study her lesson with light from a kitchen bitch (kerosene tin lamp with wick) and light from her grand-father’s cell phone until BOSA provided electricity in the apartment.

Nickayla Stevens, a qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund since September 2011, continues to do well academically at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) where she excels in all her class subjects getting 90 in Spanish and 89 in Mathematics.