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Dwight Ricketts Mona Sue Ho Rhian Holder
Senior Manager, Field Operations Social Development Manager Project Manager, Social Development/M&E
It is remarkable and some may say JSIF has continued to inspire hope in For the past 20 years, JSIF has
unbelievable, the respect and value of the lives of thousands of Jamaicans championed community participation in
JSIF brand. This purple and blue logo, has who have benefitted from the delivery of project development, primarily the right
been posted in communities throughout critical goods and services over the past of communities to be decision-makers in
the “four corners” of Jamaica; thanks 20 years. addressing the serious socio-economic
to the investment in the wide range of issues that affect them. Our partnership
projects since its establishment 20 years Jamaican communities are dynamic and with a range of stakeholders in both the
ago. Our attainment has not been by complex ecosystems that present new public and private spheres has helped
chance, but by a road map, with a legend opportunities and challenges. JSIF will to mainstream the participatory
of genuineness, system and processes, continue to innovate and deliver to the methodology in Jamaica, resulting in
standards, best practice, fairness, highest standards in partnership with our greater dialogue between communities
respect, and transparency. While we look local and international partners. and external agencies, strengthened
forward to the rest of the journey as a community capacity and more effective
key and critical vehicle of empowerment, projects.
transformation, development and hope,
we continue to engage our stakeholders. As the organization evolves to undertake
more complex initiatives, its solid
grounding in encouraging community
participation and inclusion, will
ensure that objectives around access
to services, capacity-building and
community resilience, among others,
continue to be met.
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