The Cambridge Infant School in St. James has been transformed with the construction of a new classroom block with funding from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund, (CHASE). The handing over ceremony of the new building, took place on Thursday, June 20, 2019.
CHASE Builds New Classrooms for Cambridge Infant School
CHASE Supports the Establishment of Jamaica’s First Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Jamaica’s first Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) was officially opened on May 30, 2019. The CHASE Fund contributed $40 million to the $300 million project which began in January 2018 with donations from the Ministry of Health & Wellness and the National Health Fund.
CHASE supported the reprinting of Six Great Jamaicans: Biographical Sketches, a compilation of the life stories of Archbishop Enos Nuttall, George William Gordon, Robert Love, Thomas Henry McDermot, Edward Jordon, and Herbert George De Lisser.
Six Great Jamaicans
The CHASE Fund provided financial support for the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust Annual Early Childhood Development Conference which was held from November 8-9, 2018 in Montego Bay under the theme – “The Early Childhood Family: Home, School, Community”. CHASE CEO Billy Heaven, pictured, opened the Conference.
Early Childhood Conference
Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen walks the labyrinth at the Peace Garden located at the Hope Botanical Gardens in St Andrew after it was officially opened on March 28, 2019. The Peace Garden was established by the Rotary Club of St Andrew in partnership with Nature Preservation Foundation, the operators of the Hope […]
Peace Garden
Sen the Hon. Ruel Reid, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the newly constructed Edward Douglas Early Childhood Development Centre located in Douglas Castle, St. Ann on October 31, 2018.
Edward Douglas Early Childhood Development Centre
CHASE Supports Mathematics Workshop for Early Childhood Education Teachers
Trisha Williams-Singh, Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, (left), Heidi Clarke, Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation and Hilary Coulton, Public Relations and Administrative Manager at the CHASE Fund (right)
Sight Foundation Receives Vehicle from CHASE
The CHASE Fund has boosted the Lions Club of Kingston’s Sight Foundation with the purchase of a vehicle for its mobile sight screening service.
Culture
libraries, archives, historic sites, documentation facilities, cultural activities, monuments, documentary film footage
Health
equipping and upgrading health facilities, training of personnel, cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care, kidney failure treatment, programmes for prevention of drug abuse, health care for the mentally challenge
Arts
local museums, cultural displays and exhibitions, training
Sports
develop dynamic leadership qualities in youth, sports development as part of national building
Education
building, upgrading and equipping of early childhood resource centres, support research, scholarships for specialists
