Abacus for Communities with funding from the Canadian Government, support and collaboration with various local and international partners have trained fifteen communities since January 2015, including the following: St Catherine – Naggos Head, Gregory Park and Newlands; Clarendon – Rocky Point, Portland Cottage and Race Course; St Ann – Lime Hall; St Mary – Port Maria, Annotto Bay and Jeffrey Town; Portland – Port Antonio area, Manchioneal; St Thomas – Johns Town and Trinity Ville; and St James – Cambridge. These communities will form part of a national corps of volunteers for Emergency Communications under the EARS programme, that is linked to essential local emergency response agencies through their various Parish Councils. See latest Abacus Newsletter .
January 2016