GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE & PARTICIPATION

We obtained the following assistance from government agencies.

As mentioned above, the HEART Trust provided J$300,000.00 in labour in the form of VTC HEART carpenters/teachers and trainees to help us with the restoration of three houses.

SDC worked with us to obtain materials at a discount which saved the project J$78,850.00. SDC also provided Youth Service Volunteers that enhanced the training component of the project and provided valuable assistance.

Town Planning, through then M.P. Desmond Leakey, produced a Town Plan of Greater Falmouth.

TPDCO and OPM Tourism were instrumental in obtaining funds from OAS to conduct the Pre Feasibility study and the OAS-Funded craft-training programme.

Jackie de Costa, OPM, acted as an
advisor and visited Falmouth many times
to offer encouragement and support.

Through a grant from the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, US/ICOMOS initiated a new internship exchange in the Caribbean.
In Fall 2005, two U.S. interns spent 8 weeks working with Falmouth Heritage Renewal.
In Spring 2006, two Jamaica interns from Falmouth will spend 8 weeks working with the Jekyll Island Museum in Georgia.

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