we also support a bee project in Mexico
find out more about our crafts project in the dominican republic
Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean, and with over one million visitors annually, tourism is Jamaica's biggest industry. We currently run three projects on the island:
We're working with the Sandals Foundation to help young people from the inner city areas of Kingston, in Jamaica, to produce jewellery from recycled glass from hotels, so that they can earn a living from tourism.
Sandals hotels are going to support the jewellery makers by purchasing items to sell in their resort shops. The jewellery makers will also be looking for other markets, so that they can increase their production rate, and therefore their profit too.
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We're working with the Co-operative Travel to support the Good Hope Bee Keeping Group in Dallas Castle, an area which suffers from high unemployment, crime and violence.
We're currently working with 26 hopeful bee keepers to provide funding for equipment, as well as basic technical, business, marketing and life skills training.
At the moment, the group are learning how to split hives of bees, so that the number of hives can be increased, and eventually the group can begin to produce enough honey to sell.
In Jamaica, we've partnered with Virgin Holidays and Caribsave, to develop a pilot project designed to provide long-term and sustainable support to Jamaican fish sanctuaries. Overfishing on the Jamaican coastline and the degradation of coral reefs has become a big issue, and led to unemployment in coastal towns.
You can watch a video on this project on our youtube channel.
Fish sanctuaries, or ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPA’s), are important because they restrict fishing or human activity in a clearly marked ocean area, allowing fish stocks to regenerate.
The project aims to...
1. Increase public awareness of the benefits of fish sanctuaries
2. Develop a feasibility study for a 'partner financing fund' for fish sanctuaries. This Fund will provide sustainable financial assistance to fishing communities
3. Provide Bluefields Bay fishing community with 50 marker buoys to demarcate boundaries of fish sanctuaries
If you are a hotel or shop owner in Jamaica, and would like to know more about the recycled glass products, please send us an enquiry.
This is Kelvin, head of the Good Hope Bee Keeping group in Dallas Castle, Jamaica.
250 fishermen in Bluefield’s Bay, Jamaica, now have greater hope for the future, thanks to the establishment of a marine sanctuary. Wolde Kristos, president of the fishing society, is proud that the area will act as a ‘fish maternity ward’! Controlling fishing zones means securing a profitable future for the community, and fresh fish for holidaymakers for years to come…