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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares in the symbolic handover of a cheque valued at $20 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to benefit community entrepreneurs under the Enterprise Development Project. Others from (second left) are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; beneficiaries Lorna Green and Shawn Castell; Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. Occasion was the official launch of the project at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 16.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares in the symbolic handover of a cheque valued at $20 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to benefit community entrepreneurs under the Enterprise Development Project. Others from (second left) are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; beneficiaries Lorna Green and Shawn Castell; Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. Occasion was the official launch of the project at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 16.

115 Community Entrepreneurs To Benefit From JSIF’s $20-Million Enterprise Development Project

By: Chris Patterson, December 18, 2020
A total of 115 entrepreneurs from six communities across the island will benefit from business support under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) $20-million Enterprise Development Project. The entrepreneurs are...
Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) General Manager in charge of Finance, Orville Hill.

Tucker Community Benefits From JSIF-Poverty Reduction Programme Training Initiative

By: Jamaica Social Investment Fund, December 15, 2020
Community Development Officer with the Social Development Commission (SDC), Denzil Kerr (third left), assists Claudette Walters (in wheelchair), after presenting her with the unit, donated by Food For the Poor (FFP), at her home in Kitson Town, St. Catherine, on December 8. Sharing the moment (from left) are daughter of Miss Walters, Natoye Ferguson; SDC Field Supervisor, Janice Golding Williams; President of the Kitson Town Central Citizens Association, Carmen Barton, and executive member of the Association, Carole Morgan.

Two Amputees In Kitson Town Receive Wheelchairs

By: Garfield L. Angus, December 9, 2020

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St. Ann Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission (SDC), Hillory McBayne (left); and SDC's Director, Local Economic Development and Community Projects, Avril Ranger (right), present a grant cheque to Melisha Coke of Aisha’s Inspirations​, a Local Economic Initiative in St. Ann, at the St. Ann Community Market and Business Fair, held in May 2020.​
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Businesses Can Apply for SDC Grants

Eligible civil society organisations (CSOs) and grassroots businesses can now apply for grant funding from the Social Development Commission (SDC), during its Call for Proposals period of September 28 to...
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By: Charnele Henry, September 29, 2020