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importance of partnerships. This is also
consistent with JSIF’s approach to building
sustainable communities, and to date, the
project has expanded to include strategic
partnerships with United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), the World
Bank and the University of Technology.
With just over 180,000 households having
illegal electricity, the improvement in the
quality of access, and the reduction in loss
to the utility will continue to be incumbent on
the forging of partnerships that leverage the
value of community investments.
The way forward…..
The successes of the first project have
resulted in an expanded partnership, with
both JPS and JSIF, through its flagship
Integrated Community Development Project
(ICDP), committing further resources towards
the continued electricity regularization effort,
for an additional 1,000 households. This
activity will be undertaken in conjunction
with investments through the ICDP which
will be working to improve other utilities such
as water and sewage, in addition to creating
better road networks to facilitate community
access and safety.
Julian Robinson, Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South Eastern (centre), and JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (right) examining a damaged meter box, while
Neville Williams, JSIF Project Officer looks on.
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