Food For The Poor, PetroCaribe, JSIF Visit Projects in Rose Town, Jones Town

JONES TOWN SITE VISIT: (From right) Ron Burgess, Senior Director of Recipient Services at Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica; Milfre Moreno and Amylin Riveros, Venezuelan representatives of PetroCaribe’s Social Department; Marjory Robothom, Interpreter and Nakia McMorris, Project Manager at Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) seen during a site visit in Jones town on September 4.  The group viewed  housing and sanitation projects which had been sponsored by PetroCaribe and constructed by FFP Jamaica in Jones Town and Rose Town. JSIF had facilitated the process.    A total of 52 sanitation units and 6 two-bedroom houses were built under the project.  Last month, FFP signed an agreement with the Jamaican Government which will see the construction of 1,200 wooden houses per year. Food For The Poor will also construct 600 concrete units, which will be sold by the National Housing Trust to persons earning minimum wage.  Funds for this project will also be provided by the  PetroCaribe Development Fund.

TALKING HOUSING: Milfre Moreno (left), Venezuelan representative from PetroCaribe’s Social Department makes a point to Nicholas Ziadie, Director of Construction Services at Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, during a visit to Jones Town and Rose Town. A delegation from FFP Jamaica, PetroCaribe Development Fund and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) took part in the September 4 site visit, to see housing and sanitation projects that had been sponsored by PetroCaribe and constructed by FFP Jamaica. JSIF had facilitated the process. A total of 52 sanitation units and 6 two-bedroom houses were built under the project.  Last month FFP signed an agreement with the Jamaican Government which will see the construction of 1,200 wooden houses per year. Food For The Poor will also construct 600 concrete units, which will be sold by the National Housing Trust to persons earning the minimum wage.  Funds for this project will also be provided by PetroCaribe Development Fund.

MISS ANNIE THANKS FOOD FOR THE POOR, PETROCARIBE:  Milfre Moreno (left), Venezuelan representative from PetroCaribe’s Social Department, talks with 71-year-old Annie Henderson during a walk-through in Rose Town on Tuesday afternoon September 4.  A delegation from Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, PetroCaribe Development Fund and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) visited the inner-city community to view housing and sanitation projects which had been sponsored by PetroCaribe and constructed by FFP Jamaica. JSIF had facilitated the process.  Ms. Henderson was one of the many residents in the Rose Town and Jones Town communities who benefitted from the construction of sanitation units (right,  background).  A total of 52 sanitation units and 6 two-bedroom houses were built under the project.  Last month, FFP signed an agreement with the Jamaican Government which will see the construction of 1,200 wooden houses per year. Food For The Poor will also build 600 concrete units, which will be sold by the National Housing Trust to persons earning the minimum wage.  Funds for this project will also be provided by the PetroCaribe Development Fund.

HAPPY TO SEE YOU: Ron Burgess (right), Senior Director of Recipient Services, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, greets Enid Falconer during a visit to her Myers Street, Jones Town home on Tuesday afternoon September 4.  He was among representatives from FFP Jamaica, PetroCaribe Development Fund and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).  They visited sanitation and housing projects in Rose Town and Jones Town. These had been sponsored by PetroCaribe Development Fund and constructed by FFP Jamaica. JSIF had facilitated the process.  The project involved the construction of 52 sanitation facilities and 6 housing units. Seen sharing the moment are community members Pastor Wayne Henry and Maxine Spence. Last month, FFP signed an agreement with the Jamaican Government which will see the construction of 1,200 wooden houses per year. Food For The Poor will also construct 600 concrete units, which will be sold by the National Housing Trust to persons earning minimum wage.  Funds for this project will also be provided by the  PetroCaribe Development Fund.

WELCOME VISIT FROM FFP, PETROCARIBE: Enid Falconer (right) was all smiles when a team from Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, PetroCaribe Development Fund and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) visited her home at Myers Street in Jones Town.   The team’s visit on Tuesday afternoon September 4 was to view housing and sanitation projects which had been sponsored by PetroCaribe and constructed by FFP Jamaica. JSIF had facilitated the process.  Under this initiative, 52 sanitation units and 6 two-bedroom houses were constructed in the communities of Jones Town and Rose Town.  Ms. Falconer was one of the beneficiaries of the two-bedroom wooden structures.  Talking with her were (from right) Glen Jackman, Interpreter; Lorenzo Stanton, Housing Coordinator at FFP; Milfre Moreno, Venezuelan representative from PetroCaribe’s Social Department; Nicholas Ziadie, Director of Construction Services at FFP; Marcus Irons, Project Coordinator at FFP; Everton Spencer, Client Relations Officer at PetroCaribe; Amylin Riveros, Venezuelan representative from PetroCaribe’s Social Department and Marjory Robothom, Interpreter. 

THANKS FOR THE HOME! Food For The Poor’s Director of Construction Services, Nicholas Ziadie (left) and Housing Coordinator, Lorenzo Stanton, listen as Enid Falconer expresses her gratitude for being selected to receive one of the two-bedroom wooden houses recently built in Jones Town.  She explained that her house had been completely destroyed by fire last year, so the gift had been was both timely and helpful. Representatives from Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica, PetroCaribe Development Fund and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) visited several families in Rose Town and Jones Town on Tuesday September 4. The families had benefitted from the construction of sanitation and housing units late last year. The project was sponsored by PetroCaribe, carried out by FFP and facilitated by JSIF. It included the construction of 52 sanitation facilities and 6 housing units. Last month, FFP signed an agreement with the Jamaican Government which will see the construction of 1,200 wooden houses per year. Food For The Poor will also construct 600 concrete units, which will be sold by the National Housing Trust to persons earning minimum wage.  Funds for this project will also be provided by the  PetroCaribe Development Fund.