Speaking notes - Omar Sweeney - Epworth Feeder Road Handing Over ceremony
Giving because I always get my blessing
The fisherwoman, who owns a boat with the same name as her business place ‘Kasalegna’, has had a long association with the JSIF. It started in 2014 when she was the recipient of a chest freezer (deep freeze), an igloo (cooler) and a weigh scale. By then, two freezers she owned had stopped working and she was without a scale.
“When I got the new one (deep freeze), it helped me to set more ice to sell to fishermen. And I used to have to be borrowing people’s scale. So I don’t have to borrow people’s scale no more,” she declared.
In addition to selling fishing, Shaw-Gonzales also generates income from selling buckets of ice to other fisherfolk. She tries to give back from her earnings but the needs are many, she admits. They range from helping to provide school uniforms, lunch money, school shoes and bags to bus fare for young students.
In addition, she is a member of the Greenwich Town Fishing Beach executive, which administers affairs on behalf of the fishing community.
Upgraded Epworth rural feeder road in St Ann officially opened
The Epworth rural feeder road in St Ann, which was rehabilitated at a cost of $109 million, was officially opened by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday.
Work on the three-kilometre parochial road was spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) with financing provided under the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).
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We feel so proud to have believed in them
Mona Sue Ho, senior manager at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), says the agency’s faith in small business people across various sectors from four parishes has been justified many times over, and the entrepreneurs’ success needs to be applauded and highlighted.
Sue Ho, was addressing attendees at the Government of Jamaica’s Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) Enterprise Development award ceremony at the AC Hotel by Marriot in St Andrew on Thursday, April 6.
JSIF gave us a million-dollar step
Alecia Robb never imagined that less than seven years after opening a business with her partner, Delano Christie, she would become the sole operator.
The couple operated D’s First Choice Ice-Cream and Pastries in Norwood, St James. Christie and the couple’s nine-month-old daughter were killed in a gun attack last November.
Robb was overcome with emotions last Thursday as the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) honoured Christie, a beneficiary of the Integrated Community Development Project II (ICPD II), with a posthumous award.