The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is investing almost $3 million in building up the capacity of 28 micro business owners in Denham Town to create sustainable employment and income generation within the tough inner-city community.
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund now seeks to procure consultancy services for the Design and Supervision of the Georgia Rural Feeder Road in St. Thomas.
Thirty micro-business operators in the Salt Spring community of this western Jamaica city are now looking towards brighter days after receiving development grants through the second phase of Jamaica Social Investment Fund's (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project.
Speaking at the launch of the project on Friday, managing director of JSIF Omar Sweeney shared that a total of $5,850,000 is being invested in Salt Spring business operators as a way of building the community's economy.
The Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson joined other government officials at the official handing-over ceremony of the newly refurbished Franklyn Town Police Station.
During his address to the Franklyn Town residents and the local police, Major General Anderson expressed his continued support for projects like these. The refurbishing of the Franklyn Town Police Station was facilitated by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund and the European Union. According to Anderson, this latest project was in keeping with the JCF’s vision of having all police stations rebuilt or refurbished to provide modern, fit-for-purpose spaces for the policemen and women of the Constabulary as well as the people they serve.
