JSIF promises more help for Salt Spring

Managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right) in discussion with Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang (centre) and Legal and Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte during a recent visit to St James.
November 15, 2023
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Undaunted by the recent spate of violence that has rocked Salt Spring in St James, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has vowed to continue its work in the community.

"We have not left Salt Spring because we have not really finished our programme of works there; so we equally are disappointed by some of the activities that have taken place there," JSIF Managing Director Omar Sweeney told the Jamaica Observer.

JSIF promises more help for Salt Spring

Undaunted by the recent spate of violence that has rocked Salt Spring in St James, the Jamaica

Several communities in St. Ann on track to benefit from the Rural Electrification Project

Several households in the communities of Aboukir, Douglas Castle and Fowler Town, St.

DVRP playing integral role in strengthening country’s disaster management capacity

The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF),

DVRP playing integral role in strengthening country’s disaster management capacity

Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, explains how initiatives under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) are strengthening the country’s disaster management capacity, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on November 9, 2023.
November 9, 2023
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The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), is playing an integral role in strengthening the country’s disaster management capacity.

The project, which commenced in 2016, is being financed through the World Bank at a cost of US$30 million.

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