2016 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 2016, The AFJ presented twenty-one (21) grants to groups and organizations dedicated to Jamaica’s development.
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| Organization | Purpose of Grant |
|---|---|
| Animal House | Animal House helps stray, injured, abandoned and feral animals and their owners with food, shelter, medical care and adoptive services. |
| Breds | Breds will work with students at Newell High School to provide a farming education and leadership project to improve attendance, numeracy and literacy. |
| ChiChiBud | ChiChiBud is dedicated to providing Jamaicans of all ages particularly primary school children with opportunities to play, read and learn. |
| Cornwall Regional Hospital (We Care for Cornwall) | Cornwall Regional Hospital (We Care For Cornwall) to install a pediatric defibrillator at Cornwall Regional Hospital and support teacher resources. |
| Falmouth Heritage | Falmouth Heritage is dedicated to preserving and restoring the historic, cultural and architectural heritage of Falmouth, Jamaica while improving the lives of its residents. |
| Friends of Hopewell | Friends of Hopewell has computer skills development program for children and adults at Bethel Primary and Jr HS and Hanover Homecoming Ltd Community Office. |
| Gore Family Foundation | Gore Family Foundation is a basic school community program. |
| Hanover Charities | The grant will fund computer labs at Ruseas HS in Lucea with 700 students and Esher Primary located just outside Lucea with 500+ students. |
| HEART Institute Caribbean Foundation | HEART Institute Caribbean Foundation aims to develop a network of strategically located ‘mini-clinics’ island-wide. |
| Issa Trust Foundation | Issa Trust Foundation will establish a free pediatric and Low Risk Prenatal clinic at the Mary Issa Children’s Health Centre at National Heroes Circle, Kingston Jamaica. |
| Jamaica Epilepsy | Jamaica Epilepsy is a non profit, self-help organization serving individuals with Epilepsy as well as their families and friends. |
| Jamaica Advantage Thru Sports for Youth (JASY) | JASY a week long sports training summer camp at the University of Technology for 140 10-15 year old Jamaican Youth. |
| Music Unites Training | Music Unites Training provides training for 60 Early childhood development officers |
| Peace & Love in Society (PALS) | PALS aims to influence positive change in behavior through teaching alternative dispute resolution techniques. |
| Pocket Rocket Foundation | Through donations and fundraising, the foundation provides scholarships to high school students who represent their school in sports. |
| Rose Town Foundation | To fund after school program at Rose Town Library for residents in and around the community. |
| AFJ/Project Sprout | AFJ/Project Sprout is an early childhood intervention program that provides adequate and relevant stimulation for developmental delayed children ages 3-5 years old. |
| Sickle Cell Trust Jamaica | Sickle Cell Trust Jamaica to implement universal testing of new born; promote education and awareness of sickle cell disease. |
| SOS Children’s Village Foundation of Jamaica | SOS will create a self-sustaining initiative that includes farming to benefit 200 children as well as the wider community. |
| 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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