JSIF to invest in multimillion-dollar Integrated Infrastructure Project in August Town

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney
October 29, 2023
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More than 10,000 residents from August Town, St Andrew are set to benefit from improved infrastructure. This was announced at a Project Information Meeting, which involved the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), residents of August Town, members of the security forces, and Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Eastern, Fayval Williams.

Through funding from the second phase of the Government of Jamaica’s Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP-II), approximately 1.0 km of roadway will be rehabilitated and approximately 1.0 km of water distribution main will be installed in the community along July Road and Bedward Cresent. A total J$58.6 million will be expended to undertake these works.

This is the third phase of infrastructure works to give residents access to improved road, water, drainage and sidewalk infrastructure.

JSIF to invest in multimillion-dollar Integrated Infrastructure Project in August Town

More than 10,000 residents from August Town, St Andrew are set to benefit from improved infrastructure.

JSIF celebrates 6th year of the successful Curfew Monitor Programme

As part of the Government of Jamaica’s efforts to promote safety and security in communities island-wide, the Jamaica

More than 200 Clarendon residents to get electricity

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz (right), holds a makeshift light pole while on a tour of the Citron Street community in Clarendon on October 5. The area is slated for electricity upgrade under the Rural Electrification Programme, administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund. Others pictured (from left) are Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan; Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, J.C. Hutchinson.
October 9, 2023
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More than 200 Clarendon residents in two communities are to benefit from a $25-million project under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

The beneficiary communities are Citron Street and Cottage Hill. 

In Citron Street, wiring and installation will be done on 160 houses, and 120 houses will be done in the Cottage Hill community.

While on a tour in the communities on October 5, Minister of Energy, Daryl Vaz, said a contract will shortly be awarded for the project, which will facilitate infrastructural works such as poles and cover costs to wire the houses.

 

More than 200 Clarendon residents to get electricity

More than 200 Clarendon residents in two communities are to benefit from a $25-million project under the Rura

$80-million fix

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz (second right) meets with residents of Prospect, Westmoreland. Looking on are Westmoreland Western Member of Parliament Morland Wilson (right); managing director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund Omar Sweeney (third right, partially hidden); Jamaica Public Service Operations Manager for St Elizabeth, Westmoreland and Hanover, David Lewis (fourth right); and councillor for the Friendship Division Kevin Murray (fifth rigfht).
October 3, 2023
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By the end of next February inadequate infrastructure that has resulted in low and irregular electricity supply to Barrack Road, Cooke Street, and Prospect in Westmoreland should be a thing of the past.

An $80-million fix has been proposed, the result of a memorandum of understanding between Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and Jamaica Public Service (JPS).

An $80-million fix has been proposed, the result of a memorandum of understanding between Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and Jamaica Public Service (JPS).

$80-million fix

By the end of next February inadequate infrastructure that has resulted in low and irregular el

Westmoreland communities identified for electrification works

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz (second left), inspects a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) meter in Prospect, Westmoreland, during a tour on Friday, September 29. With the Minister (from left) are Regional Operations Manager, JPS, David Lewis; State Minister in the Ministry JC Hutchinson; Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; and Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson.
October 2, 2023
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Several communities in Westmoreland have been identified for significant rural electrification works, representing a substantial step towards formal connectivity and improved social services in underserved areas.

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz, conducted a tour of these communities on Friday, September 29, including Barracks Road, Farm Pen, Llandilo, Cooke Street and Prospect.

Vaz and State Minister in the ministry JC Hutchinson, led a team from the ministry, accompanied by representatives from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), operating under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement to facilitate the regularisation of electricity in rural and inner-city communities.

Westmoreland communities identified for electrification works

Several communities in Westmoreland have been identified for significant rural electrification works, representing a

Uplifting Women Entrepreneurs in Greenwich Town

September 2023
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“I am living my dream and always getting my blessings” says Kathleen Shaw-Gonzales, a cheerful confident, fisherwoman with a passion for entrepreneurship. Her journey of more than 20 years in the fishing industry has been a rewarding one, marked by her early years as a fish vendor on the beach to eventually owing her boat “Kasalenga” and a retail shop selling ice and other goods to the fishing community in Greenwich Town.

The economic empowerment of women improves their ability to participate equally in the marketplace, gives them greater agency over their time, bodies and lives and increase their economic and social status and voice. As one of the 14 fisher-folks benefitting from an entrepreneurial grant under the JSIF’s Integrated Community Development Project - funded by the Government of Jamaica - Kathleen, also known as “Aunty Pansy” now has the equipment and business skills to grow her business and contribute to the development of her community. 

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