REP Providing Access to Safe and Affordable Electricity

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, points to a makeshift street light in a section of Clarendon, recently.
November 21, 2023
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The Government, through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), is providing persons with access to safe and affordable electricity to improve their quality of life, while stimulating economic and social activities in communities.

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, said that under the Programme, the houses of selected beneficiaries will be wired to regularize connection to the national grid.

The investment is valued at more than $100,000 each.

REP Providing Access to Safe and Affordable Electricity

The Government, through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), is providing persons with access to safe and affor

JSIF Looking to Provide Additional Support Under Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project

Dane McLean, Project Manager at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (right), shares information about the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency's head office in Kingston. Listening is Managing Director of the JSIF, Mr. Omar Sweeney(left).
November 18, 2023
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With the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) ending in May 2024, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is looking to provide additional support under the initiative where necessary.

JSIF Looking to Provide Additional Support Under Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project

With the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) ending in May 2024, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF

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

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