Parade Gardens social project gets $7-m DBJ support

Managing Director of the DBJ Milverton Reynolds (third right) presents Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Health Foundation (EHF) Novlet Deans (third left) with a copy of the MoU for the provision of grant funding to the Parade Gardens, South Central Kingston. Others (from left) are EHF Director Edward Bailey; vicepresident, Parade Gardens Community Centre, Shaka Payne; technical specialist with the Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm; and general manager, Strategic Services Division, DBJ, Claudine Tracey.
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A $21.5 million social intervention project, the 'Empowering Parade Gardens, Kingston, Through Renewable Energy Skills Training', has benefited from an input of approximately $7 million from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ).
Last year residents of Parade Gardens benefited from a new $39-million community centre, construction of which was spearheaded by Jamaica Social Investment Fund , with support from the European Union under its Poverty Reduction Programme.
The centre boasts a computer laboratory, designated classroom area, meeting room, kitchen, and sanitary facilities. The CSJP provided furniture costing $800,000.