Introducing Jeffrey Town Introducing Jeffrey Town FarmersFarmers

• Established 1991• Registered 2003• Community based

company with on average 40 members

• Mangers of Multimedia Centre including Jet Fm 88.7

• Hosts of St. Mary Breadfruit Festival

Our past achievementsOur past achievements

• Dairy project which lasted for more than five years.

• 1994 we laid more than three miles of 4 inch pipe for the community to get water.

• Goat rearing project, lasted for three years.

• Maintenance of the Jeffrey Town Clinic which has now been rebuilt.

Our more recent activitiesOur more recent activities• ICT4D Jamaica and IAF through LIFE. These two project are put together as we used IAF funds to build the

basement and house the equipment supplied by the combined ICT project in 2006/7.

The original site Ground breaking

Official Opening Feb 14, 2007 Signing contract with UNESCO for the radio

Support from Peace Corps Using our building basement.

CompostingComposting

Gabion works at WallingfordGabion works at Wallingford

TrainingTraining

Planting treesPlanting trees

Radio Launch 2008Radio Launch 2008

Adding alternative energy to the Adding alternative energy to the Jeffrey Town mixJeffrey Town mix

Organic Farming Site in Organic Farming Site in partnership with JOAMpartnership with JOAM

20102010• The “Me and mi baby” series• Environmental Foundation

Jamaica staff retreat• The making of

“Conversations”• And a new Mission

Statement• 220 hours of voluntary

service every week.• Training partnership with

Commonwealth of Learning and CARIMAC.

PrizesPrizes

• Michael Manley Award for Community Self Reliance 2006• BEST Community in St. Mary overall and in six categories 2009.• Jamaica’s Environmental Action Award for Best Environmental

Community 2010, plus Sustainable Agriculture and Youth Leadership in environment.

2011 starts here!2011 starts here!

• Olivia Derrett, National Farm Queen promoting Grace.

• Climate change mitigation, Water Management project with Canada Fund Agreed

• Winners 1 of 4 at Taiguey Foundation CTA competition.