The Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation (CWCF) is celebrating five years of partnership with local, regional and international agencies and a total of US$3.5 million in donations providing digital access and supporting relief and recovery initiatives throughout the Caribbean, with the release of its 2022 Annual Report.
Inge Smidts, Chair of the CWCF Board, said: “The Foundation was established out of a response to natural disasters in 2017 and has since evolved from reacting to natural disasters, like Hurricanes Maria, Irma and Dorian, into a philanthropic organization that’s proactively expanding access, providing connectivity and enhancing education for people we serve across the region.”
Cementing this shift in focus, the Foundation also marked its five-year anniversary with the successful completion of a pilot program in Jamaica focused on digital education for individuals aged 16 to 60 years old.
Under this program, over 2,000 Jamaicans successfully completed basic digital literacy training with more than 830 going on to graduate with a certificate in digital and data literacy. Another 3,875 Jamaicans also attained certification in various professional courses.
Both programs were funded by the CWCF and executed in collaboration with the Flow Foundation and its partners – the Mona School of Business and Management at the University of the West Indies for the digital and data literacy element and One on One Educational Services for the digital training and professional certification element.
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