US$42-m project for Rose Town

Transport, Works and Housing Minister Omar Davies (left) converses with Managing Director-designate, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, during the launch of the Integrated Community Development Project in Rose Town, South Andrew, last Thursday.
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Residents of Rose Town, in South St Andrew, are to benefit from the implementation of the Government's $4.8 billion (US$42 million) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), which targets social transformation in 18 communities islandwide.
The initiative, which aims to elevate beneficiaries' educational outcomes, as well as improve sanitary conveniences and security, among other outcomes, is being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).The World Bank-funded project aims to promote public safety and transformation, through the delivery of basic infrastructure and social services.