
2015 Grantee Recipients
The AFJ is pleased to be a part of the legacy of all the grantees we support.
Grant Awards are presented annually in Jamaica during the Official Grant Ceremony in April. In 2015, The AFJ presented thirty-three (33) grants to groups and organizations dedicated to Jamaica’s development. (make sure there is a single dash between thirty-three).
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Organization | Purpose of Grant |
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Alpha Institute | To develop an integrated course in music performance, recording and production; renovate and equip a music studio. |
Breds Treasure Beach Foundation | Breds Youth Leadership program for inner city youth. |
Caribbean American Center of New York (CACNY) | Education and classroom materials for 5 Basic and Primary schools in rural St. Elizabeth. |
Chichibud | Donor Direct Grant |
Cornwall Regional Hospital “We Care for Cornwall” | Donor Direct Grant |
CUMI | Donor Direct Grant |
Do Good Jamaica | Educational materials and teacher training for social schools and numeracy education in basic schools across Jamaica. |
Dudley Grant Memorial Trust | Purchase of Quality Multi-media Early Childhood Educational Material for Basic Schools. |
Friends of Hopewell School | Donor Direct Grant |
Hampton Old Girls | Donor Direct Grant |
Hanover Charities | Donor Direct Grant |
House of Love | Donor Direct Grant |
I Believe Initiative | Donor Direct Grant |
Jamaica Epilepsy Foundation | Donor Direct Grant |
JASY – Jamaican Advantage thru Sports for Youth | 2015 JASY Summer Camp for inner city kids. |
Maxfield Park Children’s Home | Donor Direct Grant |
PALS | Donor Direct Grant |
Project Sprout – Sandals Foundation | Program which provides teaching and social service support to lift school readiness to 100% in underperforming basic schools. |
Promise Learning Centre | Playground Fencing and Equipment for Physical Education for children with Autism and other learning disabilities. |
Race Course Primary School Alumni Inc. | Repairs and Reconstruction at this inner city primary school. |
Rose Town Foundation for the Build Environment | Read to Succeed – After school tutoring program for children in this inner city community, providing a safe space and with a track record for improving exam results. |
Sickle Cell Trust (Jamaica) | To implement Universal Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica. |
SOS Children’s Village of Jamaica Foundation | Nutrition and Food Security/Self- sustainability Initiative – introduction of a farming program at this all age orphanage. |
St. Mary’s Preparatory Kindergarten School | Addition of New Block to Facilitate a Pre-school. |
TEACH Caribbean | 2015 TEACH Caribbean Summer Program – provides Rhodes Scholar led summer tutoring program in Manchester with track record for excellence. |
Tennis Jamaica/Christine & Phillip Gore Family Foundation | Donor Direct Grant |
The Animal House | Donor Direct Grant |
Waterhouse Community Development Benevolent Society (WCDBS) | Arts-based Education & Leadership Training for at-risk Youth. |
Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) | Program to train unemployed inner city young adults as basic school teachers and then place them as teachers in underserved communities. |
UWI Bursary Cobb Family Foundation | AFJ Scholarship Fund. |
UWI Bursary Ambassador J. Gary Cooper | AFJ Scholarship Fund. |
UWI Bursary Ambassador Glen Holden & Mrs. Gloria Holden | AFJ Scholarship Fund. |
UWI Bursary The Ralph & Ricky Lauren Family Foundation | AFJ Scholarship Fund. |
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