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JSIF Lauded for Implementing Best Kept School Competition
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Social Development Manager at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Mona Sue-Ho (centre), present the Most Outstanding Groomsman award to Denis Reid of St. Andrew Primary School during JSIF’s Best Kept School Competition awards ceremony on Friday (April 5). The event was held at JSIF’s office in Kingston.
April 6, 2024
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Edward Seaga Primary School won the Best Kept School prize.
The Most Outstanding Groundsman award went to Denis Reid of St. Andrew Primary School, while Anchovy Primary School copped the Best Kept Grounds trophy.
Minister Williams, in lauding JSIF for implementing the project, said it was pivotal in empowering communities, enhancing infrastructure, improving the quality of life for countless Jamaicans islandwide, and building hope, resilience and opportunity.
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Edward Seaga Primary wins JSIF’s Best Kept School contest
Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams (left) and Jamaica Social Investment Fund Managing Director Omar Sweeney (second right) present the Best Kept School trophy to Shernet Clarke Tomlinson (right), principal of the Edward Seaga Primary School, and Donovan Moulton, groundsman at the school, during a ceremony on Friday.
April 6, 2024
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Principal Shernet Clarke Tomlinson is very aware of the many negative stereotypes people have of the West Kingston inner city in which the Edward Seaga Primary School is located.
However, she told The Gleaner that those negative perceptions are not allowed to seep into the environment of the school she has headed for the last two years.
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Gazetting Ceremony for ICDP-II Environmental Wardens
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Mr. Omar Sweeney CD, PE.
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Environmental Wardens Certified
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mr. Omar Sweeney (background left), applauds the top placed Environmental Wardens from Anchovy, in St. James, during a certification ceremony on March 28, 2024 at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston.
March 29, 2024
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Scores of environmental wardens have been certified and recognised for their involvement in community sanitation, by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).
The JSIF’s Environmental Wardens Programme was implemented under the second phase of the Government of Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP 2) Solid Waste Management cycle four sub-project.
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Work commences on Mendez Town farm road in Trelawny
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
March 24, 2024
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Work is under way on the construction of a road to serve farmers in Mendez Town in Lowe River, Trelawny.
The $120 million project is being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in partnership with the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, with Contracts Enterprise as the contracting entity.
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The Opening Ceremony of the Sensory-Cognitive Foundations for Early Literacy, Oral Language Development and Basic Mathematical Concepts Workshop
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Mr. Omar Sweeney CD, PE.
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$1 Billion Set Aside to Enhance Community Infrastructure and Services
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (second right), and Senior Manager for Social Development at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Mona Sue-Ho (centre), cut the ribbon to open a green space at the Lethe Primary & Infant School in St. James. Looking on (from left) are Superintendent in charge of Operations, St. James Police Division, Eron Samuels; Regional Director at the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, and Principal of the Lethe Primary and Infant School, Allison McGhie.
February 29, 2024
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The Government has set aside $1 billion to complete activities under the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) II during the 2024/25 fiscal year.
The project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, and contribute towards increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and socially volatile communities in Jamaica.
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World Bank gung-ho about tourism and agriculture
An architect’s rendition of the 12,000 square foot upgraded tilapia hatchery to be built on land beside the Registrar General’s Department in Twickenham Park, St Catherine.
March 5, 2024
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The World Bank has identified tourism and agriculture as two of the main drivers of economic development for Jamaica and will focus its investments on these two subsectors under the second Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI 2), following the success of REDI 1 which ended in 2016-2017.
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