Community Development

Corporate Hands | LASCO Chin Foundation remains committed to helping the needy

Community Development /

Staying true to its ethos of caring – on Labour Day, the LASCO Chin Foundation, in partnership with LASCO Distributors Limited, LASCO Manufacturing Limited and LASCO Financial Services Limited, joined hands with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation to deliver warm, hearty meals to the needy in the downtown Kingston area. Here LASCO Chin […]

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South Coast senior citizens receive care packages

Care Packages, Community Development, COVID-19 /

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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LASCO Chin Foundation Forges Partnerships to Support Vulnerable Groups

Care Packages, Community Development, COVID-19 /

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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Inner-city entrepreneurs graduate from LASCO Chin Foundation programme

Community Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, News, Workshops, Youth /

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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REAPing LCF Benefits

Community Development, Education, Workshops, Youth /

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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Mountain View, Clan Carthy High School to benefit of the LASCO Chin Foundation

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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 tackles youth poverty and crime

Community Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, News, Youth /

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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LCF partners with South Florida Chapter Westwood Girls Association on Human Trafficking Forum

Community Development, Education, Workshops /

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

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