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Handing over of Grange Hill Primary School Expansion & Rehabilitation project
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Mr. Omar Sweeney CD, PE.
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Greetings for Best Practise Symposium 2023
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Mr. Omar Sweeney CD, PE.
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DVRP playing integral role in strengthening country’s disaster management capacity
Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, explains how initiatives under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) are strengthening the country’s disaster management capacity, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on November 9, 2023.
November 9, 2023
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The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), is playing an integral role in strengthening the country’s disaster management capacity.
The project, which commenced in 2016, is being financed through the World Bank at a cost of US$30 million.
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Grange Hill Primary heads towards good times
Principal of Grange Hill Primary School, Clayton Smith, unveils a commemorative plaque mounted on the wall of the $111-million classroom block built by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund. Looking on from left are Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson; Director of the Ministry of Education and Youth's Region Four, Dr Michelle Pinnock; school chairman, Samuel Williams; state minister in the Ministry of Education, Marsha Smith; managing director for the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney and project manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund at JSIF, Daintyann Barrett Smith.
November 4, 2023
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Teachers and students of Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland can now enjoy more contact hours following an $111-million expansion.
The project, which was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), saw the construction of an eight-classroom block, eight toilets which included two stalls for the physically disabled, a sick bay with bathroom, a guidance counsellor's office, a staff area with bathroom, an office, and a tertiary sewerage system that helps them recycle treated water.
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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.
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