Inner-City Residents Eke Out Living Through `Livity`

KINGSTON (JIS)
Friday, January 15, 2010  
   

Proprietor, Dionne Rowe, proudly stocks the shelves of her grocery shop located in the South St. Andrew community of Arnett Gardens. Miss Rowe is a recipient of a small business loan from the 'Livity' Economic Advancement Programme, which is operated through the collaborative efforts of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, City of Kingston Cooperative Credit Union and Agency for Inner-city Renewal


Cheryl Burrell and Dionne Rowe have been operating a small grocery shop in Arnett Gardens for more than a year. The two women admit that things have not been easy, but say that through the profits of their business they have been able to survive.


"It is because of this little shop here that I am able to buy food, pay my bills and send my children to school," Miss Burrell tells JIS News.


The two women further confess that if it were not for the assistance of a little-known loan scheme operated by the Agency for Inner-city Renewal (AIR) they might not have been able to kick start their venture.

Called the `Livity` Economic Advancement Programme, the initiative is in collaboration with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and City of Kingston Cooperative Credit Union (COK).

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