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Rastafari Indigenous Village, St James - Infrastructure Upgrading, Marketing &
Promotion of a Culture Tour

Hanover Bee Farmers Cooperative Society, Cabins built by JSIF.
St. Ann – Construction and Equipping of a
Honey Bottling Facility The JSIF REDI programme was a turning point for the development of the
Rastafari Indigenous Village. It took us from concept to a concrete functional
For many long years, the bee farming space, equipped with our basic requirements for fulfilling our mission of
community of Jamaica, led by the Hanover interactive, participatory education. RIV was able to reach into our vision to be
Bee Farmer’s Cooperative Society has able to use tourism as a vehicle for positive transformation of the self-esteem
worked untiringly for the establishment of and identity of our youth, to protect, preserve, conserve and sustain a fragile
a public facility to process and package culture and environment by creating “touchable” experiences.
honey and other bee products at a world
class standard. This, they believed could Scientific Research Council Biotechnology Unit, Kingston – In-Vitro Propagation
open the gate to the international honey of Irish Potato Project
market while acting as a catalyst for
increased local investment and improved The Biotechnology Unit of the Scientific Research Council has benefitted
honey production. Furthermore, a bigger significantly from endowments under the JSIF-REDI Project. In 2014, a visit
impact would be greater foreign exchange from the project consultant highlighted some of our strengths and areas for
inflow, more employment and increased capacity building to improve our ability to produce Irish potato commercially.
opportunity for healthy living. The Unit later received essential equipment which are required for in-vitro
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund
(JSIF) heard the cry and came to our
rescue. Today, we are the proud recipient
of a 1,500sq. ft. State of the Art Honey
Bottling Facility, courtesy of JSIF. We wish
to say profound thanks to JSIF for a job
well done and for creating a springboard
for the development of the Bee Keeping
Industry in Jamaica.

May God continue to bless JSIF.

Hanover Honey Bottling and Extraction Facility.

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