Helping citizens take charge of the development of their community to achieve the future they desire. Our approach to community planning is based on a sustainable development framework that focuses on economic empowerment, social well being, environmental consciousness and good governance.
Research is the foundation on which sustainable, equitable community development is built. The research component of our work is built on the premise of participatory and inclusive development processes. Rigid data management strategies, ensure the accuracy and quality of information to be placed at the centre of national planning.
We use sports as a unifying force and as a means of igniting the energies of the youth. Broad participation in sports programmes and projects is just one component of our wider policy for social development. The Commission uses Jamaicans’ love for sports as an exciting springboard for many young people to get involved in community development.
We take our cue from the Government of Jamaica’s policy framework for economic growth, social development, public sector reform and poverty reduction. We are mandated to facilitate the building and strengthening of civil society mechanisms and structures which enable citizen participation in Jamaica’s development processes.
If citizens in communities organize themselves into a participatory and widely representative framework, build their capacity, empower themselves with data, share these data with relevant stakeholders, and plan together with these stakeholders, then sustainable development will be achieved. The Community Profile is a critical foundation document providing local stakeholders with the information required to guide policy development, plans and programmes.
Community Service has always played an integral role in the Social Development Commission’s mandate of developing communities. The SDC Hanover office brought new meaning to the term “Community Service” when they hosted a Call to Duty Project dubbed the Lucea Infirmary Interaction on the … Continued
The Social Development Commission St. Ann Parish office opened its first Resource/Technology facility dubbed The Brownstown Community Resource Center with the assistance of the Universal Access Fund Company Limited (UAF) to the tune of $ 4.45 Million Dollars on Wednesday April 12, … Continued
The Greenwich Town Fishing Village has had its fair share of problems for the past two years, most recent is 300 tons of sulphuric acid from the nearby Industrial Chemical Company Jamaica Limited storage tank, leaked into the fishing … Continued