LASCO Chin Foundation Launched LASCO Chin Foundation (LCF) was officially unveiled on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at a press breakfast conference hosted by the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel Venetian Suite. In attendance, there were several members of parliament along with other affluent members of society who share in the ‘Chin vision’: Minister Ruel Reid, Senator Pearnel Charles, Jnr., Former Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall, Leo Gilling, Coordinator, Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force, among other stakeholders from LASCO Affiliated Companies Board and Executive Management Team, Government Ministries, Department and Agencies, Corporate Foundations, Mountain View Community Stakeholders, Key Partners, Media and Programme Beneficiaries. Hon Lascelles A. Chin, O.J, C.D, LLD, Chairman of the Foundation, Founder and Executive Chairman of the LASCO Affiliated Companies in his remarks said it was always his life’s dream to help Jamaica. “This Foundation will create a legacy greater than all my business achievements combined. Long after I am gone and the present LASCO management team is no longer around, the LASCO Chin Foundation will be here in Jamaica,” he told the gathering. He then continued by saying, “In business life, it is important to recognise the ills of the society in which we operate, and working at being a part of the solution. We need to get to the core cause and build from the ground up, step by step, in a deliberate and planned way.” Chief Executive Officer of the new charitable arm of the LASCO Affiliated Companies, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, detailed the mission of LCF noting: “We see our mission as early intervention to help Jamaica’s at-risk youths develop the relationships, goals and capacities needed to break the cycle of poverty and crime and become productive members of society, especially as successful entrepreneurs.” In pursuing their mission, LCF will be guided by the Sustainable Socio-Economic Intervention (SSI) Model© in executing its core activities: (1) the SSI Schooling Support Programme; and (2) the SSI Entrepreneurship Programme.
THE LASCO CHIN FOUNDATION
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