Impact Initiatives
IJF Charity soccer fundraiser
All money raised will go to students in the parishes of Manchester and St. Mary in Jamaica.
philadelphia, PA
september 17, 2023
African family and health organization (AFAHO)
Our organization participated in AFAHO's 1st Annual Educational Symposium. Students and their families were given fundamental resources such as diapers, wipes, children's clothing, school supplies, and diverse children's literature.
philadelphia, pennsylvania
September 1, 2023
Mitchell elementary school back to school kickoff
Turning the page on a new school year with purpose! A special thank you to Mitchell Elementary School for allowing us to be a part of the Back-To-School Event.
philadelphia, pennsylvania
august 25, 2023
upper darby jerk fest
school supply drive
school supply drive
Our youth are our future and if we don't invest in them who will? Our organization partnered with Carib Grill Restaurant to distribute school supplies for local residents of Upper Darby Township as they begin to gear up for the 2023-2024 school year.
Upper Darby, pennsylvania
july 22, 2023
Ngoma-tribute to the drum
Our organization provided local residents of Germantown, Philadelphia with children’s literature and learning resources. As educators we know summer slide can cause learning regression and we took the chance to remind students to practice and utilize the skills they learned during the school year.
stenton park, germantown, philadelphia
june 25, 2023
sharon basic school visit tour
Ignite Jamaica Fund visited Sharon Basic School during the holiday season to spread cheer and joy. During this visit school staff members were provided with children's imaginative play center items and learning supplies. Our organization looks forward to future impact events, as the shcool is in need of capital improvement projects.
manchester parish, jamaica
december 29, 2022
Day of giving event
West philadelphia, PA
November 2022
November 2022
Sharon basic school
Manchester parish, Jamaica
October 2022
Manchester parish, Jamaica
October 2022
Our organization continues to take strides towards building the educational literacy and economic prosperity of high need Jamaican communities. The children of Sharon Basic School are enjoying their recent shipment of educational materials. Thanks to our generous donors we were able to send two barrels filed with school supplies and curricular resources. Students, faculty, and families at Sharon Basic School now have resources that are essential in starting the 2022-2023 school year successfully.
African family health organization (AFAHO) Partnership
May 2022
Harambee Charter school: Ms. Young's 6th grade classroom
November 2021
Christiana leased primary impact project: september 23, 2021
West Philadelphia Community Event:
September 5, 2021
Our summer finale giveaway 📚✏️📓🎒event held on September 5, 2021 was a huge success. They say rain is a blessing, and at each and every one of our summer events we experienced a downpour of unexpected showers ☔️🌧. We are so fortunate to have the support of our donors who made this event a success!
Join Ignite Jamaica 🪄✨🇯🇲 on September 5th 🎇 for our end of summer and back to school 📚🎒🚌✏️event from 4-7 PM at Fairmount Park, across from Please Touch Museum. Each child or family that visits us will receive free school supplies ✂️🖇🖍📓to kickoff the upcoming school year!
Christiana leased primary school tour: August 13, 2021
Christiana leased primary school tour: August 13, 2021
Ignite Jamaica 🪄✨🇯🇲 is excited to announce a partnership with Christiana Leased Primary School in Christiana, Manchester, Jamaica. The mission of Christiana Leased Primary School is to deliver a superb primary education in a comfortable and nurturing environment resulting in students who are spiritually aware, socially responsible, physically acute, academically successful, and have developed a passion for lifelong learning.
Christiana is predominantly a farming 🐐🐮🐷community and most of their students fall in low socio-economic levels. Christiana Leased Primary currently service 767 students from infancy through to grade 6.
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West Philadelphia Community Event:
July 4, 2021
🗣🗣🗣 Join us on Sunday, July 4, 2021 🎇starting at 4 PM in Fairmount Park across from the Please Touch Museum!
We will share about our organization’s 🇯🇲initiatives and provide summer learning resources to prevent summer slide. To prevent the regression of skills learned during the school year children will be provided with educational resources when they visit us 📚✏️📓.
Ignite Jamaica 🪄✨🇯🇲overcomes barriers that are impeding achievement of children and youth of Jamaican and diasporic descent.