Jamaica – GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Support Jamaica’s Hurricane Relief Efforts

Jamaica is hurting deeply right now. Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of devastation in several parishes, especially St. Elizabeth and St. Thomas. Our caregivers and children are bearing the brunt of this disaster, and their pain is evident. We are reaching out to you, asking for your support to help 100 families. We want to provide essential supplies to 100 caregivers. These supplies will include a children’s book to help them cope with distress, snacks and ready-to-make meals, toiletries,…

Read Across Jamaica Project 2024

We're thrilled to announce that we've successfully made it to Jamaica! Our dedicated team in New Jersey sorted and packed an impressive 1250 books for the Read Across Jamaica Project. Follow along with our journey on GrassROOTS’ Instagram @grassrootsfound to gain deeper insights into our process and witness our impactful work in action. A heartfelt thank you goes out to JetBlue and the exceptional team at Newark Airport, as well as Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Icema Gibbs, for…

Literacy Heroes Project Launched!

The funding support from NEA helped the BIAJ to launch an important project - Literacy Heroes - with the goal to identify, highlight, and reward community volunteers and educators who have gone above and beyond to serve their students and communities.

Ministry of Imagination – Education Week and Read Across Jamaica Day 2022

GrassROOTS Community Foundation Partners with Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) to launch “Ministry of Imagination” for Education Week and Read Across Jamaica Day 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on children’s learning, well being, and imagination, around the world. In Jamaica, thousands of children, from some of the most vulnerable households were directly impacted with significant learning loss. The recently launched Jamaica Education Transformation Committee (JETC) Report confirmed that “almost 60 per cent of students…

Jamaica Giveback

HerFlow Foundation in association with GrassROOTS will donate 600 menstrual essential kits to 3 schools in Jamaica: St. Annie’s Primary Holy Trinity High School Clan Carty High School GrassROOTS has taken a global approach to the issue of period poverty. We work in partnership with local organizations to support girls in New Jersey, Jamaica, and Ghana. In Jamaica, we partner with HerFlow Foundation to support local programs GrassROOTS Community Foundation President Dr. Janice Johnson Dias and Board…