JSIF2023

JSIF Hands Over $178m Upgraded Pisgah Primary School in St. Elizabeth

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on February 26, officially handed over the fully rehabilitated facilities at Pisgah Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, marking the completion of a nearly two-year project valued $178 million.

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Bath Botanical Gardens to Be Rehabilitated at a Cost of J$29.5 Million

Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas will be rehabilitated over a five-month period at a cost of J$29.5 million.

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Omar Sweeney | Planning for Jamaica’s infrastructure resilience

The passage of Hurricane Melissa last October has put Jamaica’s infrastructure resilience, especially in the built environment, front and centre. Jamaica, as a small island developing state (SIDS), faces unique challenges in implementing sustainable building practices. Poverty, job scarcity, high cost of living, and low growth highlight the need for tailored solutions to guide sustainable development efforts.

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Over half of flood-hit Catherine Hall, Westgreen homes rewired

More than 50 per cent of the houses in Catherine Hall and Westgreen, St James, have been rewired for electricity connection that was badly damaged by flood waters associated with last October’s passage of Hurricane Melissa.

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By Jamaicans, for Jamaicans: How Yaad Luv is redefining Community-based Tourism

Jamaica is an iconic beach destination – but there’s so much more to the island than flop-and-drop tourism. With a vision of spreading tourism outside of key hotspots and ensuring that Jamaicans felt connected to their tourism industry, four key partners came together to develop a strategy that would strengthen community-based tourism across Jamaica and empower small tourism businesses. Larisa McBean, Tourism Specialist at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, took us behind-the-scenes of this award-winning campaign – including how they structured the partnership to ensure success, what they learned throughout the process, and how it’s providing a foundation for recovery after Hurricane Melissa.

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JSIF pushing for power in Catherine Hall

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is working towards a January deadline to make hundreds of houses in Catherine Hall, St James, which Hurricane Melissa left flooded and mired in mounds of mud, safe enough for restoration of electricity.

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Government of Jamaica’s National Energy Poverty Reduction Project to support post-hurricane Melissa recovery

The passage of Hurricane Melissa has resulted in significant displacement and damage to households islandwide. Consequently, thousands of households that required house wiring to become regularized were affected. Additionally, thousands of households that have electricity now require rewiring and the Government Electrical Regulator (GER) certification process to be safely connected to the grid. Through the provision of JM$1 billion for the implementation of the National Energy Poverty Reduction Project, the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Energy Transport & Telecommunications will be supporting households in the most affected parishes.

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