The Water Project Jamaica

The JN Foundation was established in 1990 as the charitable arm of the Jamaica National Group (JN Group). Their mandate is to manage and execute the philanthropic efforts of the Group, and contribute to the developmental needs of Jamaica. Built on the concept of mutuality, JN Foundation gives back to the Jamaican people and communities across the island, by providing financial and technical support to projects and programmes both at the community and at the national level.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Jamaica National (JN) Group signed two Cooperative Agreements, which provided the JN Bank and the JN Foundation with funding to execute a four-year project entitled “Financing Water Adaption in Jamaica’s New Urban Housing Sector”, also referred to as The Water Project Jamaica. This project was designed to address water management issues related to climate change, which has posed a serious threat to sustainable development facing Small Island Developing States SIDS.