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07
Feb
World Read Aloud Day 2025: Read aloud, ignite minds, change the world!

Kingston, February 5, 2025 --- World Read Aloud Day™ (WRAD) is in its 15th year of encouraging reading to improve literacy skills, foster empathy, and create a lifelong love of reading. The CHASE Fund observed the day with the presentation of 90 books to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) and…
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07
Feb
Equipment: Number One Priority for CHASE Funding for the Health Sector

Equipment for health facilities accounts for 66% of CHASE Fund’s budget available for spending in the Health sector. The level of commitment was made public by W. Billy Heaven, the CHASE Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, during his presentation to the Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium on January 31, 2025 at the Half…
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07
Feb
CHASE Fund Provides Funding for Breast Cancer Cell Line Research at the UWI

CHASE CEO, Wilford “Billy” Heaven, has revealed his entity’s initial investment of $30 million in research to improve the representation cell lines of black women in breast cancer research being undertaken at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Heaven disclosed the CHASE Fund’s support for the programme at the…
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