JSIF Assisting to Reduce Fires

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (left), join volunteers for the National Labour Day Project in Gregory Park, Portmore on Labour Day (May 23).
News Detail

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is working to reduce household fires in inner-city communities, through its Environmental Wardens Programme.
During his tour of  the inner-city community of Majesty Gardens, in downtown Kingston on Labour Day (May 23), Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, told JIS News that the wardens have been helping residents to practise proper waste disposal techniques, in order to reduce fires.