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Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Better Water Access for Children at Best Care Foundation

Rainwater for children ribbon cuttingRohan Bell (left), Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) cuts the ribbon on a water tank at the Best Care Foundation. Assisting him is Charmaine Webber (centre) from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, (EFJ). Looking on is a representative from the Best Care Foundation. The organization recently completed a rain water harvesting system under its project entitled Rain water for children. The project was funded by the Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund (SCCAF) which is administered by the EFJ with funding from the AP&FM through the Inter-American Development Bank and the government of Jamaica. The commissioning ceremony for the project took place on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at the Best Care Foundation Centre in Kingston.