Sunday, March 30, 2014
DESPITE the tough economic climate which existed in 2013, GraceKennedy, through its GraceKennedy Foundation and Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation, invested over $52 million in education and education-related expenses last year.
Through the assistance given at the tertiary and secondary levels, skills training, student support, student medical and its five homework centres, the company's community outreach arm, the Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation, invested some $19.54 million. Unlike the GraceKennedy Foundation which is corporate-endowed, Grace and Staff's expenses are covered by voluntary contributions from GraceKennedy staff members, which are then matched two to one by the company. The Foundation also stages its annual Education Run, with proceeds going to the furtherance of inner-city education programmes. Grace and Staff was established in 1979 in response to the social and economic conditions existing in inner-city communities.
"We are happy to make a difference," said Executive Director of the GraceKennedy Foundation, Caroline Mahfood. "I wish we could do more, because the need is so great." more
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