FIFTY shut-ins and senior citizens in five adjoining communities in Black River, St Elizabeth, were recently presented with care packages by members of Crawford Community Development Committee (CDC). The packages — which included sanitisers, toiletries, and groceries — were purchased by the Sandals Foundation from the Lasco Chin Foundation, through Sandals South Coast Resort team […]
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As the economic implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic begin to materialize, farmers who depend on the tourist industry to buy their produce, at-risk students who depend on PATH lunches for a daily meal, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) who face restricted hours and business closure, are among the vulnerable groups facing severe hardships. In response, the LASCO
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The LASCO Chin Foundation (LCF) was recognised as the Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI’s) first-ever commitment on crime and violence during a panel discussion at the 5th CGI Action Network Post-Disaster Recovery meeting in Puerto Rico last month. The meeting brought together more than 500 leaders from across the Caribbean, and 28 new Commitments to Action
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Outstanding students receive $125,000 in cash prizes KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Three inner-city Kingston entrepreneurs walked away with prize monies and goods during the LASCO Chin Foundation’s Sustainable Socio-economic Intervention (SSI) Entrepreneurship Programme graduation ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel on Sunday, January 27, 2019. The three — Deidre Dixon from Ray Town, Kevon McLeish and Roland Andre Griffiths
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The LASCO ReLeaf Enviromental Awareness Programme (REAP) is an environmental initiative, which targets primary school level children with the goal of facilitating an increase in the children’s participation in environmentally friendly activities and increasing awareness of the lifestyle/environment correlation. The programme involves tree planting, recycling and energy conservation, gardening, anti-littering campaigns, plastic bottle collection as
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Hosts successful fundraising gala in Miramar KINGSTON, JAMAICA: The recently launched LASCO Chin Foundation has identified Mountain View Primary and Clan Carthy High schools in east Kingston as the first beneficiaries of its Sustainable Socio-Economic Intervention (SSI) Model©. Parents living in Mountain View and their children, who attend Clan Carthy High, are set to benefit from
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LASCO Chin Foundation (LCF) began operations in June 2018 with the mission to encourage early intervention for Jamaica’s at-risk youths using the Sustainable Socio-Economic Intervention (SSI) Model©. Within the first month, the LCF rolled out its two-phased SSI Entrepreneurship Programme that enables at-risk youths to earn income immediately while providing them a framework to create
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Consul General Oliver Mair welcomed LASCO Chin Foundation Chairman the Honourable Lascelles A. Chin and the Foundation’s CEO Prof Rosalea Hamilton to the Consulate General of Jamaica in Miami Florida in November 2018. Hon Chin met with the staff and members of the diaspora who came out to utilise the services of the office. The
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LCF participated and supported the South Florida Chapter Westwood Girls Association (SFCWOGA) Human Trafficking Panel Discussion on November 15, 2018. Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir Photo by David I Muir
Supports fundraising for LASCO Chin Foundation KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson QC, will be the keynote speaker at the LASCO Chin Foundation (LCF) Inaugural Benefit Gala in Florida. The statesman will be in Miramar, at the Miramar Cultural Center on Sunday, November 18, 2018, reflecting on decades at
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