May 8, 2024, 2:57 pm
CHASE Fund Director, Nicole McLaren Campbell, reads to students at the Allman Town Infant School in Kingston for Read Across Jamaica Day. Read Across Jamaica Day is an initiative that is observed islandwide that aims to encourage students to develop a healthy habit for reading. CHASE staff also visited...
May 6, 2024, 10:47 am
Pediatric surgery, the delicate art of operating on infants, children, and adolescents, last week witnessed a remarkable advancement with the first laparoscopic surgeries performed at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC). The appendectomy (removal of the appendix) and cholecystectomy (gall bladder...
June 25, 2023, 9:09 am
The Pembroke Hall Wellness Park was officially handed over to the Pembroke Hall Civic Association and the Pembroke Hall community on May 12, 2023. The Wellness Park was developed by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, at a cost of $16M.
Minister of Finance and the Public...
May 31, 2023, 8:08 pm
Students of the Savanna-La-Mar Infant School in Westmoreland are now benefiting from a much-improved learning environment financed by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund at a cost of $46.2 million.
An upgrade to an old timber frame building, the newly constructed block includes...
May 12, 2023, 8:15 pm
The Pembroke Hall Wellness Park was officially handed over to the Pembroke Hall Civic Association and the Pembroke Hall community on May 12, 2023. The Wellness Park was developed by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, at a cost of $16M.
Minister of Finance and the Public...
April 21, 2023, 11:23 am
The Sherlock Community Cultural Centre was officially opened on April 20, 2023 in St. Andrew. The multi-purpose building of approximately 5,000 sq. ft was funded by the CHASE Fund at a cost of $46.6 million. It includes space for a music studio, a performance/events hall with stage area, a chess area...
April 14, 2023, 11:10 am
Kingston, April 14, 2023 -The Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s (HFJ) screening services have received another boost from the CHASE Fund with the donation of a new echocardiogram machine at a cost of $9 million. The machine was officially handed over yesterday by the Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE...
March 9, 2023, 10:33 am
Kingston Public Hospital Receives 10 Hemodialysis Machines from the CHASE Fund
The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) received 10 new hemodialysis machines, valued at over $30 Million to treat patients with advanced kidney failure. This brings the current number of hemodialysis machines at the hospital...
March 4, 2023, 10:36 am
CHASE Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Health Fair in Sherlock Community
An area known to have produced and/or encouraged several of the nation's best-known entertainers, Cham, Konshens and Mr. G, among others, the Sherlock Crescent section of Duhaney Park, has also been seeking to diversify...