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.

Grange Hill Primary heads towards good times

Principal of Grange Hill Primary School, Clayton Smith, unveils a commemorative plaque mounted on the wall of the $111-million classroom block built by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund. Looking on from left are Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson; Director of the Ministry of Education and Youth's Region Four, Dr Michelle Pinnock; school chairman, Samuel Williams; state minister in the Ministry of Education, Marsha Smith; managing director for the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney and project manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund at JSIF, Daintyann Barrett Smith.
November 4, 2023
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Teachers and students of Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland can now enjoy more contact hours following an $111-million expansion.

The project, which was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), saw the construction of an eight-classroom block, eight toilets which included two stalls for the physically disabled, a sick bay with bathroom, a guidance counsellor's office, a staff area with bathroom, an office, and a tertiary sewerage system that helps them recycle treated water.

Grange Hill Primary heads towards good times

Teachers and students of Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland can now enjoy more contact hours following an $11

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