The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) was established in 1996 as a component of the Government of Jamaica’s national poverty alleviation strategy. The Fund was designed primarily to channel resources to small-scaled community-based projects.Under the 10th cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund, JSIF has improved the social infrastructure of many communities across the length and breath of Jamaica. Communities such as Troy in Trelawny and many parts of South Manchester now have highly reliable piped water in homes.JSIF works in areas “on the poverty map that are rated as poorest of the poor communities in Jamaica,” said the entity’s boss Omar Sweeney. JSF is also working to improve the livelihoods of farmers in rural Jamaica through business training, helping the farmers to see themselves as businesspersons; and has also upgraded farm roads to make it easier to take produce to markets and other places.In this episode of Impacting Jamaica, Sweeney discussed the agency’s work across Jamaica with host Tameka Gordon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.