Community Support

RISE Life Management Services

For over 30 years, the little NGO that could have made its imprint on thousands of lives in communities across Jamaica by providing life changing skills, education, mentoring and counselling for at-risk populations. For the clients it serves, RISE has been the difference between hopelessness and hope, and in some cases, life and death. The tools RISE provides through its many interventions EMPOWER the individual to CHANGE their circumstances for the BETTER. Musson Foundation supports RISE with an annual donation of JMD$400,000.

RISE SERVICES

Community-based crime & violence prevention • Youth leadership training • Parenting skills education • Child labour withdrawal and prevention • Child trafficking withdrawal and prevention • Sexual abuse prevention Human rights education • Prevention of gender-based violence • Capacity building services for other NGOs HIV prevention & testing for most at-risk populations substance abuse disorder prevention & treatment Prevention and treatment of gambling problem • Employee assistance programmes (EAP).

Crime Stop - PSOJ’s Violence Against Children Reward Fund

The Violence Against Children Reward Fund is a PSOJ initiative geared towards offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and charge of persons responsible for violent acts against children aged 18 years and under. The fund is administered through Crime Stop Jamaica. The Musson Foundation donated JMD$250,000 that was paid out in rewards for information leading to three individuals being arrested and charged.