The AFJ held its annual Grant Award Ceremony at the US Embassy in Kingston on April 17, 2018. Forty-one organizations received grants at the ceremony, bringing the total amounts of the grants for the year to nearly US$600,000.
Members of the Board of the AFJ, Executive Director Caron Chung with grantees Missionaries of the Poor.
2018 Grant Recipients
Discretionary Grants
| Organization | Amount | Purpose | Parish |
| Adult Learning Centres of Jamaica | $3,900 | Purchase of teaching materials to help strengthen the current Adult Literacy programme. | Kingston |
| Caribbean American Centers of NY | $2,500 | Purchase of school supplies for five adopted schools in the Parish of St. Elizabeth. | St. Elizabeth |
| Do Good Jamaica | $22,000 | Crayons Count, is a campaign to support early childhood education and development. | Kingston |
| Educare Foundation Jamaica Limited | $875 | The School Leadership Award Program developed specifically to work with schools to promote healthy lifestyles among school children. | St. Elizabeth |
| Franciscan Sisters | $12,000 | The installation of laptops and multimedia projectors to update the computer literacy of the St. Joseph’s Infant School’s community.
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Kingston |
| Good Shepherd | $10,000 | Acquisition of equipment needed to help the working poor attain and maintain good healthcare | Montego Bay |
| Heartsease United Youth Club | $5,000 | Supplies assistance and homework club for around 500 challenged students; after-school facility for around 100 students. | St. Thomas |
| INSIGHTS in Jamaica Programme | $15,000 | Provides parents and teachers insights into childhood behaviours and strategies to address violent and negative behaviours. | Kingston |
| Issa Trust | $10,000 | Development of a neonatal ward at the Annotto Bay Hospital. | St. Mary |
| Jamaica Association for the Deaf | $10,000 | Renovating of the chicken feeding programme at the school. | St. Ann |
| Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) | $7,800 | Facilitation of workshops teaching educators, counselors, childcare workers, and school administrators how to identify and respond to child abuse, exploitation, and sexual violence against children. | Island-wide |
| JASY | $2,500 | JASY Summer camp program for inner city youths – a week long sports training camp for 150 youths; utilizes sports training to improve self-esteem, physical fitness, teamwork, values, and cross-cultural learning. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Maxfield Park Children’s Home Limited | $5,000 | The purchase of agricultural supplies to help teach Special Needs children how to maintain equipment and garden vegetables. | Kingston |
| Peace Management Initiative Western (PMI) | $20,000 | Funding of a football tournament and life skills session for youths. The skills sessions will include conflict mediation, communication, and interview skills. | St. James |
| Trees That Feed Foundation | $3,800 | Purchase of equipment needed to promote the Jeffrey Town Project. The project provided 2,000 breadfruit trees, 10 sets of fruit processing equipment and training to approximately 500 women. | St. Mary |
| Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation | $10,000 | An enrichment program to help adolescent mothers academically keep up with their peers. | Island-wide |
| Oracabessa Foundation | $200 | Environmental and youth programs | St. Mary |
| Rockhouse Foundation | $250 | School building project in Westmoreland. | Westmoreland |
Donor-Directed Grants
| Organization | Amount | Purpose | Parish |
| Alpha Boy’s School | $39,040 | New Deejay training program funded by Irie Foundation to teach students mixing and selecting techniques and prepare them for a career in the DJ trade. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Back A Yaad Scholarship | $1,000 | Funding scholarships to students. | St. Ann |
| Breds Foundation | $2,618 | Funding teachers’ salaries and programs at community schools. | St. Elizabeth |
| Bull Savanah Primary | $5,700 | Fund scholarships for graduates to attend secondary and tertiary institutions. | St. Elizabeth |
| Busy 2020 Helping Hands Foundation | $5,000 | Funds healthcare and back to school programs. | St. Ann |
| Child Resiliency | $27,000 | Year-long after school intervention for 60 children identified as “at risk for violence” from 5 inner-city primary schools, plus 30 parents. | St. James |
| Craighead All Age School | $23,500 | Instillation of a permanent fence to secure the students and the school environment.
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Manchester |
| Downtown Kingston Musical Theatre | $1,050 | Travel for students from the program to a Music Festival in the US.
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Kingston |
| Fight for Peace | $10,000 | FightingWords introduces a literature club in six inner-city communities with low levels of literacy and high levels of violence. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Food for the Poor | $1,000 | General donation for charities to support the poor. | Island-wide |
| Friends of Good Shepherd | $1,000 | Healthcare Clinic in Montego Bay. | St. James |
| Friends of Hopewell | $9,700 | Computer skills development program for children and adults at Bethel Primary and Hanover Homecoming Ltd Community Office. | Hanover |
| Good Shepherd | $10,000 | Helps the working poor of Montego Bay and Western Jamaica to receive affordable medical, dental, and optical treatment at the Hope Health Teaching clinic. | St. James |
| Gore Foundation | $5,037.50 | Funds for basic school programs, including the model Play & Stay Tennis program, which uses play as a point of introduction to raising school wide standards. | Island-wide |
| Hurricane Relief Fund | $30,000 | Hurricane relief fundraiser – funds were used to purchase generators for Dominica and the repair of a school in Turks & Caicos. | |
| International University of the Caribbean | $3,000 | Student Scholarships. | Kingston |
| Jamaica Association for the Deaf | $1,970 | JAD’s mission is to effectively manage the resources for education, hearing, social services, and advocacy, in collaboration with key partners for the advancement of Deaf and Hard of Hearing persons. | St. Ann |
| Jamaica Cancer Society | $7,850 | To support screening tests. | Island-wide |
| Jamaica Conservation Partners | $22,500 | Environmental programs. | Island-wide |
| Jamaica Environmental Trust | $5,000 | Environmental programs. | Island-wide |
| Jamaica Independence Foundation Inc. | $400 | Community programs. | Island-wide |
| Jamaica Society for the Blind | $1,000 | General donation for charities to support the poor. | Kingston |
| JSPCA | $1,970 | Exists to promote kindness to animals, prevent abuse and reduce fear, pain, and suffering. | Island-wide |
| Kingston Public Hospital | $20,500 | Autoclave and additional equipment acquisition for the operating room. | Kingston |
| Law Street Trade Center | $2,000 | Training programs in inner city communities. | Kingston |
| Morant Bay Primary School | $7,675 | School support. | St. Thomas |
| Mt Alvernia High School | $14,350 | The creation of a computer lab that will help increase the computer literacy of the school’s community. | St James |
| Missionaries of the Poor | $10,300 | Help Missionaries of the poor give aid with food, clothing, and shelter to those who need it most all while spreading the Faith. | Kingston |
| Mustard Seed
Blessed Assurance |
$2,411 | is committed to the care of abandoned children afflicted with HIV/AIDS ensuring they can live their lives under the best possible social, medical and education conditions. | Island-wide |
| Ocho Rios Library | $5,000 | Renovation of the Ocho Rios Library with a focus on the tots area. | St. Ann |
| Rose Town Foundation | $34,033 | provides an after-school program at Rose Town Library for residents in and around the community. | Rose Town |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | $5,000 | General donation to a church that provides for the poor of the St. James area. | St. James |
| Sacred Heart School | $4,750 | provides a high quality of primary education to students three to twelve years. | St. James |
| Savanna La Mar Hospital | $5,000 | Donation towards the purchase of operating room equipment. | Westmoreland |
| St. Ann’s Bay Hospital | $57,843 | Refurbishment of the male surgical ward which facilitates up to 40 patients. | St. Ann |
| St. Mary’s Prepatory | $5,000 | Supporting school that serves the rural poor of St. James | St. James |
| St. Patrick’s Foundation | $4,750 | Imparts relevant skills and provide opportunities and care to at-risk youth and residents of low income communities. | Kingston &
St. Catherine |
| Team Shaggy4Kids | $4,966.89 | Improvements to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Tech Beach | $5,000 | Support of conference to stimulate economic development | Island-wide |
| Trench Town Elderly Feeding Programme | $2,850 | Feeds several elders in the Eira Schader Home in Trench Town. | Trench Town |
| United Way of Jamaica | $1,000 | Mobilizes resources for the private voluntary sector to usher in a better Jamaica.
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Island-wide |
| University of the West Indies | $5,000 | ||
| UWI – Amb. Cobb | $2,261 | ||
| UWI – Amb. Cooper | $1,455 | ||
| UWI – Amb. Holden | $6,062.50 | ||
| UWI – Ralph and Ricky Lauren Bursary | $4,850 | ||
| UWI -AFJ Scholarship | $1,000 | ||
| Women’s Leadership | $1,000 | Builds bridges of cooperation in developing, implementing, and sustaining projects, which contribute to the well-being of all Jamaicans. | Island-wide |
| Woman’s Inc. | $600 | Strengthens the position of Jamaican women through providing support services, public education, & advocating for legislative changes. | Kingston |
| YUTE | $21,909 | provides construction training, life skills, mentorship, employment, and civic engagement over the 20-month project for 150 youth from 30 underserved inner-city communities, while supplying meals and transportation stipends. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
