We believe that Jamaica’s future prosperity depends on educating our young people, now. At the Cari-Med & Kirk Distributors Foundation, we give of both our time and resources to strengthen education. Our programmes include provision of infrastructure, Adopt-A-School projects, book drives and support for school development. Together with our partners in the public and private sectors we are committed to making quality early childhood education more accessible to children all over Jamaica.
In 2013, the management team of Kirk Distributors Limited (KDL), was seeking to identify a meaningful community project in one of the low income communities nearby its offices. In their discussions with representatives of Union Gardens, it emerged that the community was in dire need of a suitable early childhood learning facility.
In 2009, the Cari-Med Foundation received a request for assistance with improvement of physical facilities from Top Hill Basic School. During a site visit we recognized the school’s dire need...
In 2005, Cari-Med Ltd. formally adopted Burke’s Early Childhood Education Centre - now known as Burke’s Basic School - two years before the Cari-Med Foundation was established. Under the programme, the Foundation supports...
In June 2014, the Cari-Med & Kirk Distributors Foundation refurbished and retrofitted the Computer Lab at the Brandon Hill Primary School in Clarendon. This is in keeping with the Foundations’ major thrust – education, especially at the Early Childhood Level.
