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Jamaica Cultural Development Commission The Performing Arts category of the annual Festival of the Arts, mounted by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) as part of the national independence celebrations annually, has been a major beneficiary of funding support from the CHASE Fund, given the JCDC’s influence in the retention…

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) - the country’s leading medical training institution - caters to students from Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean, and also delivers a range of services to patients. The CHASE Fund has provided a total J$192 million in grants to the UHWI in support…

Jamaica was one of the first two countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007. The Convention provides that persons in this social grouping have the right to economic and social security and to a decent standard of living;…