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Founder - Josephine Williams |
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Patron - Burchell Whiteman
High Commissioner |
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Patron - Lord Morris of Handsworth |
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Patron - John Barnes MBE |
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| About us
Our Mission
“To assist in the early development of early childhood education in Jamaica by improving the quality of pre-school education and learning environment”
Basic School Education is central to the early childhood education programme in Jamaica. There are over 1,500 basic School in Jamaica that rely in large part upon the voluntary effort and charitable contributions. JBSF will work closely with counterpart organisations in Jamaica that can play a collaborative role in effecting its undertaking. One such body is the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust which was established in Jamaica in 1989, shortly after the death of D.R.B. Grant, who is widely regarded as the father of basic schools in Jamiaca.
Specifically the Foundation will be involved in fund-raising activities and will remit the gross majority of its proceeds to Jamaica. All funds raised will therefore benefit the sector of Jamaica’s education system which has the strongest impact on its youth in the most informative years of their preparation for adult life. |
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Our People
The charity was founded by Josephine Williams in 1995 and currently operates with four patrons; The Jamaican High Commissioner, Lord Morris of Handsworth , John Barnes MBE, Mr Courtney Walsh OJ. The Foundation is managed by an Executive Committee that has been assembled to represent a range of professional skills in the areas of business administration, event management, accountancy, marketing and voluntary work.
Message from Josephine
"The Jamaica Basic School Foundation has achieved many milestones. We continue to fund more basic schools and basic school projects each year and shall endeavour to a get a wider spread of funding across the island. We visit and monitor our funded projects each year and I am always extremely pleased and humbled to see the success of our initiatives and how much a difference the funds that you so generously donate, make to the lives of so many children".
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