Donate to the Jamaica Impact Flood Fund
July 1, 2002 – JAMPACT New York and Atlanta, today launched a fundraising effort to raise a target amount of $25,000US for economic relief and rehabilitation efforts in Jamaica after recent floods. Damages in Jamaica are reported to exceed $20 billion in infrastructure and the productive sectors. The funds will be raised by solicitation from […]
Doing Business in Jamaica?
The atmosphere in Corporate Jamaica is ultra conservative as compared to corporate America…Many financial institutions still provide uniforms for their employees and dressing down is frowned upon. If uniforms are not provided, employees are expected to wear a dress shirt and tie at the least in the case of men and business suits in the […]
Allen-Shaw Foundation, Inc.
Allen-Shaw Foundation, Inc.Information Sheet Date of Inception: June 1996Contact: Paula Shaw-Founder/ChairpersonAddress: 3565 Bivona StreetSuite 13JBronx, New York, 10475Tel: (718) 379-4232Fax: (718) 405-1170E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.allenshawfoundation.org/ Tax Status Non-Profit Organization …first of its kind in Jamaica-A district library for residents…-Mandeville Weekly, December 19, 1996 MISSION STATEMENT: To provide children in rural Jamaica with knowledge through books […]
Pictures of Jamaicans.com 2002 Holiday Toy Drive Presentation
RawHTML:On December 23rd 2002, Jamaicans.com presented the toys from our toy drive to the children at the Kencot Children’s Mission in Kingston, Jamaica. This was the first of it’s kind held by us and we’re exteremly proud as we exceeded the goal set for the Drive. The Toy Drive would not have been made possible […]
Young Jobless Jamaicans
With youth unemployment projected at a high of 18% conservatively, the celebrations of graduation ceremonies seem long gone for the class of 2001-2002. Graduates are being lost in a job market that has little if anything to offer. Ramon is coming to reality, his B.A. in social psychology is not getting him much of […]
The Caribbean Remains No Problem, Mon
It’s winter again in some vast areas of the north and snowbirds are looking to come in from the cold. Sand, sun, sea and sensual excitement fill the air of our neighbours just south of us. The Caribbean basin is probably the only true vacation getaway spot that has remained gentle, rustic and youthful, cuddling […]
Jamaicans.com Book Drive
Support The First Jamaicans.com Annual Jamaica Book Drive.The next two month’s, (March-April 2003) Jamaicans.com is holding a book drive to benefit the Jamaica Library Services (JLS) with a goal of collecting 100 children’s books by April 30, 2002. We are partnering Chichibud LTD. and Food For the Poor, which are very active Non-profit organizations working […]
"Healing Of The Nation" Benefit
What A Benefit Concert for the Swift Purscell Boy’s Home and Lyndale Home for Girls in Highgate St. Marys Jamaica. When Saturday May 24thDouble V. Entertainment Center,109 Main Street Ochi RiosJ$500 – 10.0US Time: 8:00 pm till 2:00 am show starts 9:00 pm LIVE in CONCERT ABIJAH LMS Also-MACKIE CONSCIOUS – I’NGEL CHANTA (more artists […]
Independence 41 Celebrations Across The World
Maturity has been a long time in coming on this journey which began on August 6, 1962, yet our people remain committed to unity and shall overcome all the many challenges which remain in the way. You are invited to join the fun and festivities across the entire Jamaican community while celebrating Jamaica’s forty first […]
Who Are You? Really!
Regardless of who you are, or where you come from, there’s always more to the story, your story. When we were kids, most of us played make believe games, play-acting being Cowboys or Indians, cops and robbers, dragon slayers, swordsmen, anything possible your imagination could dream up based on television and story books. Fortunately, many […]