OCHO RIOS, St. Ann:
THE OCHO Rios chapter of Jamaica AIDS Support (JAS) on Monday received significant help from Supreme Ventures Ltd.
Through its partnership with May Clare Corporation, Supreme Ventures presented the JAS with over $30,000 worth of female condoms along with training manuals.
Speaking at the handover ceremony held at the JAS's offices in Ocho Rios, Supreme Ventures customer service representative, Lisa Coombs-McFarlane, said the company was please to support the work of the organisation.
She said the donation represents part of a $200,000 assistance to the JAS to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS islandwide.
PARTNERSHIP
Marketing officer of May Clare Corporation, Collie Smith, described the partnership with Supreme Ventures as very positive.
Mr. Smith said there has been a rapid increase in HIV/AIDS cases in Jamaica over the past 18 years, noting that it was time for people to begin to change their behavioural patterns and act responsibly.
Thanking the company, director of Support Services at JAS, Novlet Dougherty-Reid, said this kind of assistance will definitely boost the organisation's ongoing HIV/sexually transmitted infection outreach programme.
She said that the JAS has seen a steady increase in the number of women infected with HIV and that with the availability of female condoms, should help to control the problem.
