JSIF partners with Sandals in youth training project

Mike Pyke (seated left), programmes manager, Sandals Resorts International; Omar Sweeney (seated centre), managing director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF); and Andre Wilson, president, Youth for Development Network, sign the memorandum of understanding to create and implement a specialised youth workforce development project. The signing is witnessed by (standing from left) Dawn Allison, programmes officer at JSIF; Alicia Williams of the Bob Marley Foundation, Mona Sue-Ho, social development manager, JSIF; and Loy Malcolm, general manager, technical services, JSIF.
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The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and Sandals Resorts International recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create and implement a specialised youth workforce development project.
The project targets 20 participants in the 17 to 30 age group from the communities of Granville, Barrett Town, Retirement and Anchovy in St James; Steer Town in St Ann; and Russia in Westmoreland.