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Abacus introduces a revolutionary ‘vertical rotary’ parking solution (SAFE PARK) to the Caribbean that can hold up to 16 cars in 2 car parking spaces.

Abacus registers as Charitable Organization with Friendly Societies of Jamaica.

Under funding by USAID, Habitat Jamaica and Abacus have signed an MOU and already trained three communities in local area Emergency Communications. St Catherine communities at Naggos Head, Gregory Park and Newlands have already been trained and now being equipped with radios. These communities will form part of a national corps of volunteers for Emergency…

USAID COMET 2 Programme and Abacus have joined forces to train vulnerable communities in Emergency Communications to enable leadership in disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery at the local level. The Race Course community in Clarendon and Cambridge community in St James have already been trained and being equipped with radios. These communities will form part of a national corps of volunteers…

AfC receives funds from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development (DFATD) for the Emergency AffiliatedRadio service (E.A.R.S. to support training of community members al across Jamaica for the first year.  Under this project, training will be expanded to an additional (10) satellite” communities across all parishes in Jamaica, along with provision of radio…

AfC Chairman Stacey Thompson participated in this conference, where he made a presentation “The NGO perspective on GHS”, outlining how NGOs can assist with promoting understanding of the GHS, particularly for “grass roots” workers, householders and consumers, for their own protection from harmful substances. View presentation here. This conference further deepened AfC’s understanding of and commitment to the chemicals…

AfC Chairman Stacey Thompson participated in this one week conference, where consultations between UNEP SAICM staff from Geneva, regional SAICM focal points, scientists and other relevant interests, donor reps and colleagues from the International “POP” Elimination Network (iPEN), resulted in the passage of important resolutions that directly affect Caribbean and Jamaican communities. This collaboration further deepened AfC’s…

AfC has signed a MOU with the Jamaican Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) to establish, train and manage a national corps of volunteers for emergency communications. This corps is expected to form the vangard for a more comprehensive emergency response capacity in every community throughout the country, commencing with the most vulnerable.

AfC recently placed first in a bid to the “Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) for a social transformation project, targeted at a number of inner city communities in Kingston, Jamaica. This project is a part of a wider sanitation programme funded by Petro Caribe and is expected to commence soon. .

AfC Chairman Stacey Thompson recently participated in the first meeting of the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) which took place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 15 to 18 November 2011. The OEWG was established by the the International Conference on Chemicals Management at its second session in resolution II/6 and considered the implementation, development and enhancement of the…