Author: Hilmar Keding

Just like the previous year, we once more got the full support from the Summerjam. But in 2011 we started something new, which was collecting donations/contributions at the Festival guestlists. Everybody on the guestlist…

HELP Jamaica! is happy to partner with Manifesto Jamaica! and to cooperate with the young, energetic and ambitious group with which we share the aim to empower the youth by encouraging and promoting their…

After the opening visitors came daily and children swarmed the place. They started reading books, playing games and using the installed computers. On their own request a small group started to get German lessons…

The grand opening and launch of the HELP Jamaica! Education Center in Cassava Piece on February 3rd 2011 was really a remarkable event. After two years of hard work we celebrated the opening with…

While the construction process was in the last stage, the ordered bookshelves and tables for the interior furniture were produced. This was excellently handled by the Abilities Foundation, our direct neighbor, a registered voluntary…

While the construction work was going on in Jamaica, the team in Germany worked on the creation of the second HELP Jamaica! Charity Calendar. Since 2010 the calendar can be purchased every year as…

Thanks to the great community involvement, by the end of the year the reconstruction process was in full swing, the roof was fixed, the electricity renewed, the doors and windows exchanged and a drainage…

In October 2010 we signed contract with our first librarian and project manager for the Education Center in Cassava Piece. Before the Library and Education Center opened to the public, she was facilitating all…

In Germany HELP Jamaica! got support from the Germany’s biggest reggae festivals Reggae Jam and Summerjam. The promoter donated towards our NGO and assured their support for the following years.

But that’s not all –…

Our application for financial support from the German Embassy in Kingston was generously granted – the Embassy supports HELP Jamaica! with a grant of 10.400,- EUR (1,2 Million JA Dollar). The money will be…