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The JSIF-Integrated Community Development Programme (ICDP), Alternative Livelihood and Skills Development initiative has significantly enhanced the capacity development of several young people across communities within Jamaica.
Young, Javan Williams is a proud recipient of the programme and is now reaping economic benefits from the knowledge gained in the area of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) principles.
Javan revealed that he discovered the programme at a time when he had fallen on bad times and was grappling with both emotional family-related issues and financial constraints, which eventually led him to being deregistered from a Bachelorâs programme at the University of the West Indies. Â In expressing his dismay; he explained that; âI was quite crestfallen at the turn of events in my life, compounded by the fact that I was no longer able to attend University.â