Promac, the Programme For the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality is made possible through the Government of Jamaica and the European Union. With their help, medical professionals in Jamaica have been better equipped to save the lives of mothers and babies all around the island In this video...

We met some very powerful women who have been working with Jamaica Aids Support for Life (J.A.S.L.) to help people living with HIV to live their healthiest, happiest lives. With the support of the European Union, J.A.S.L. has been able to foster peer support groups; empower survivors of violence...

Today we are going under the skin of the Jamaica Banana Industry, specifically focusing on small farmers and banana growers, united by the All Islands Banana Growers Association which collectively brings together some 2000 banana growers island wides. Through European Union development funds, the AIBGA was able to move...

For our second video in Cockpit Country, we are heading to the north of the Trelawny Parish to visit a new project which commenced in November 2019. Focussed on reforestation and protecting the environment, we met some of the locals who are replanting destroyed areas, and heard about the...

While Jamaica might be famed with tourists for its beaches and resorts, in this video we discover the magnificent mountains and rainforest of Cockpit Country, where eco-tourism and community-based tourism is taking centre stage. We join Cockpit Adventure Tours on their new hiking trail, with their newly trained team,...

Through the Civil Society Boost Initiative, Rise Life Management Services and the European Union are empowering at-least twenty civil society organisations through sub-grants and business training. We visited two unique organisations supported through this programme, DeafCan Coffee and W.I.S.E. (Waste Innovation and Social Enterprise Programme), both of which are...

Today we are in Trench Town, Kingston, meeting Egbert Hamilton, known as the ‘Stone Boss’. Mr Hamilton has been been producing amazing artwork since 1969 from the Alabaster stone. Now, supported by a small grant from the European Union development fund, in partnership with the UNDP, he is better...

Hello from Kingston, Jamaica, and the first in our #Faces2Hearts Jamaica series! The Poverty Reduction Programme helps provide funds for various projects in Jamaica, including arts and community initiatives and educational and infrastructural projects, all of which empower Jamaican people to be more self-sufficient. In this video we’ll show...