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With its strong committment to “bottom up” community based development and to address a decades old problem of un-coordinated and under- productive approaches to national development, AfC has taken an initiative to develop and publish a maintenance-friendly web-based, graphic (GIS) database of all communities in LDCs across the globe, to indicate their current “development status” against agreed community…

AfC is looking for volunteers to participate in community projects throughout Jamaica. If you are so inclined, please contact the Director General through “Contact Us” on this web site.

AfC recently attended and contributed to the Third LAC SAICM Conference in Panama on “Nano Technological Waste” between 30 May – 3 June. Download and print latest AfC fliers being distributed here.

Any person or entity having interest in assisting young people in developing their own comminities and their people, principally through their own ideas and efforts, is asked to send us a message through “Contact Us” on this web site.

Abacus for Communities has been awarded a contract to develop and implement an audit instrument for Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) Sub Regional Focal Points as part of a programme of mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Disaster Risk Management within the region.

Zoe (Joy) McHugh has been appointed Director General of Abacus for Communities. Find out more about her and other team members here.

Abacus for Communities has commissioned a study into strengthening community participation in the Jamaica disaster management framework. Find the report here.