MGI Leads on Risk Profiling of Communities for COVID Response
Data is critical to the management of the COVID-19 global pandemic for every country. In Jamaica, the Mona GeoInformatics Institute (MGI) at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus has been supporting efforts of the Government using data as the country navigates the allocation of resources to slow and stop the spread of the […]
Westmoreland police head welcomes PSOJ-led care package initiative
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland – Commanding officer for the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Robert Gordon, has described the recent distribution of almost 500 care packages by the Private Sector Organisation (PSOJ), in collaboration with the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) and other stakeholders, to residents in vulnerable communities across the parish, as an initiative which will […]
Care Packages Prove To Be Lifeline For Vulnerable – PSOJ COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund Reaches Out To Those In Need
From a package of grocery delivered to his house every two weeks, 65-year-old Gershan Henry has been able to secure regular meals for himself, his dog, and his two feline friends. A heart patient who lives alone, Henry looks to his pets for company, but the care packages are equally important, because they help him […]
Mona Social Services collaborates with the PSOJ to donate care packages
An elderly resident of August Town in an exchange with Saffrey Brown, project manager for the PSOJ COVID-19 relief effort and Dr. Olivene Burke, Executive Director, Mona Social Services. “Providing support to organisations such as Mona Social Services that is already working inside the communities to improve the resident’s lives will ensure that we get […]
NovaMed donates $60m worth of face masks to protect Jamaican workforce – Partners with CVSS
As the Jamaican economy reopens for business, NovaMed, a locally based medical resource supplier, is donating half-a-million medical grade face masks valued at approximately $60 million to protect the Jamaican and Caribbean workforce from COVID-19. The start-up firm founded by Dr David Walcott and entrepreneur, Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, recently solidified its impact in the medical mask […]
Private-Public Sector Partnership Helps The Poor
THE DELIVERY of care packages to several St Catherine communities on Saturday was the culmination of a well coordinated and supported private-public sector partnership aimed at providing relief to some vulnerable persons living below the poverty line. Starting at the Central Village Police Station, the convoy made its way along Windsor Heights, Zambia, among other […]
Hell For Heaven! – Elderly Woman Rues Deaths Of Two Sons Months Apart 11 Years Ago
For 72-year-old Carmel Heaven, things are a far cry from the days when Jermaine Spence, her customs broker son, was completing a construction project at her home in Zambia, St Catherine, with the promise of a better future. Zambia is located on the outskirts of the gritty hillside community of Windsor Heights in Central Village. […]
Distribution of Relief Packages Commences
As we begin the roll out of the PSOJ COVID-19 Relief Programme, we want to thank all our donors, partners and volunteers, who have mobilized to ensure that relief gets to those who need it. CVSS is proud to be delivering this relief programme alongside the PSOJ, the Jamaica Constabulary Force, and the Jamaica Defence […]
COVID-19 Fund raises JMD110m
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica is reporting that its PSOJ COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund has so far raised $110 million. The fund, which is aimed at mobilising and distributing resources for the protection and welfare of Jamaican, is a multi-sectoral partnership including another umbrella organisation, the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) as well […]