Shamelle Rice is one of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners of 2016. She founded Jabez House in Barbados which provides vocational training and entrepreneurial opportunities to female sex workers. Shamelle shares her story about founding Jabez House in Barbados - which provides vocational training and entrepreneurial opportunities to female sex workers - and discusses why equality in society is so important.
Introducing the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders: Shamelle Rice
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