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.

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.

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),

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