J$50m to Support Community Enterprises

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second left), and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (second right), display a symbolic cheque for $50 million, representing funding for the Integrated Community Development Project Phase 2 (ICDP II) Enterprise Development Grant Project Cycle 2, during the launch at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (March 10). Sharing the occasion (from left) are Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Ian Forbes; Joint Force Command, Major Sheldon Bryan; Commanding Officer, St. Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth; and JSIF Senior Manager for Social Development, Mona Sue Ho.
March 12, 2022
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Approximately 200 micro and small enterprises in eight marginalised communities are set to benefit from grant support totalling $50 million. This, under the Government’s Integrated Community Development Project Phase 2 (ICDP II) being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

This will be facilitated under the ICDP II Enterprise Development Grant Project Cycle 2, which will directly benefit some 53,234 residents in August Town, Denham Town and Greenwich Town in Kingston and St. Andrew; Treadlight in Clarendon; and Anchovy, Mount Salem, Norwood, and Salt Spring in St. James.