Organizations Filed Purposes:
JOP's mission is to help the poor in Jamaica. JOP provides love, respect, funds, goods and services for health care, education and basic support, to improve the lives of the poor in Jamaica without regard to religious affiliation, personal history, gender, age or race.
EducationSeveral schools received grants this past year. St. Mary's Basic School in Montego Bay region, African Martyrs and Marcus Garvey schools serve pre-school children and received support grants. Scholarships for tuition, books, supplies, uniforms,lunch programs and COVID-19 supplies/technology were funded for 852 students at St. Pius X., St. Peter Claver, Immaculate Conception, St. Benedict's, St. Theresa, King Weston Primary and Montego Bay Diocese. The DuPont school received funding for a Parent Literacy program. A summer program was funded at Holy Trinity. All these services to the poorest of the poor will inspire students to improve their quality of life and avoid inner city poverty, crime and drug problems in the future.
Food & GoodsFrom time to time we receive clothing, books, dental supplies and household goods that our volunteers label and catalog, then ship to Jamaica. We collected a total of 77 boxes this year. We provided grants to the Love in Action soup kitchen in the Montego Bay region where an estimated 70 poor persons are served each day, 4 days a week, and food packages are delivered on Thursdays to over 150 poor in the inner city. Several grants were made to provide food during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the unprecedented unemployment crisis in Jamaica.
Housing & Community BuildingJOP funded the building of homes for needy families and the elderly, who previously lived in make-shift tents, rusty sheets of tin and cardboard shelters. Ten housing units were built, each with a concrete foundation, sturdy roof, walls, sanatation facilities and a door. Over the past 14 years, 535 homes have been built for the poor.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Paul Connor | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Raymond Shawcross | President | 3 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Meyerson | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Jeanne Pittman | Treasurer/Secry | 15 | $0 |
| Joseph Vento | Director | 1 | $0 |
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