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Our Work

We work to improve access to quality education, healthcare and income stability in vulnerable communities throughout Jamaica.

HOW WE HELP

  • Assist Early Childhood Institutions to comply with national standards, creating a safe, child-friendly environment for young children
  • Support projects that improve infrastructure, bolster nutrition, and facilitate teacher training
  • Help students to achieve their dream of a quality education through tuition assistance

DID YOU KNOW?

  • 85% of Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) are noncompliant with the Early Childhood Commision’s (ECC)’s operations standards
  • Students from low-income backgrounds are unable to afford the cost of tuition

HOW WE HELP

  • Local healthcare organizations to improve their operational capacity through grants
  • Low-income Jamaicans access healthcare through subsidized screening costs

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Local healthcare organizations working in low-income communities face high costs for operation
  • High cost of health services makes access to better health inaccessible to low-income Jamaicans

HOW WE HELP

  • Support the growth of agri-business in low-income communities through resources and skills training that promote entrepreneurship and financial independence

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Seasonal employment faced by rural Jamaicans results in struggling to provide for their families
  • There is a lack of incentives to diversify small-scale farms or invest in innovative farming practices

HOW WE HELP

  • Disburse resources to individuals and communities impacted by natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquake, across Jamaica’s most vulnerable parishes

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Jamaica is the third most vulnerable country to multiple natural disaster hazards
  • Hurricanes and floods not only destroy homes and other infrastructure, but they disrupt income generation, resulting in financial insecurity

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