RAFFA International Development Agency

Passing the Baton Festival has been granted the coveted London 2012 Inspire mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.

For more information, see link: http://www.raffa.org.uk/london-2012/

http://www.raffa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ptb_inspire_award_2012f.pdf

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Churches-healing-and-renewal-programme-to-begin-in-Tivoli_7838991

We welcome this initiative and are happy to share our knowledge and expertise

RAFFA aims to promote community development and reduce poverty by encouraging enterprise and increased productivity amongst individuals.

RAFFA in Jamaica provides a co-ordinated approach to social investment, through donor support and finance for primary educational attainment, community health promotion and early childhood intervention to strengthen human capital and organizational capability.

There is extensive evidence of Good Practice amongst schools, local and international communities.

http://www.raffa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/view12.pdf

http://www.raffa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/view3.pdf

http://www.raffa.org.uk/health-spiritual-care/mary-seacole-heritage-festival-2012/

http://www.raffa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Mary-Seacole-Bicentenary-London-2005-ALM-Case-Study12.pdf

*Development Co-operation for Healthy Communities Symposium & Workshops, Grandiosa Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica 15 &16 June 2011 *

For more information you can email: admin@raffa.org.uk

OR

Visit our website: www.raffa.org.uk

Regards,

Rudi Page,
CEO
RAFFA

Grandiosa Conference Room

Grandiosa Hotel Conference Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica

October: 9 months to Go

• 8 Together We Can in association with PtB. COGOP New Southgate/Tottenham, N11

• 14 PtB Briefing, COGOP Convention, Aberdeen St, Birmingham

• 26 PtB Reception with Brent Youth Media, Brent Town Hall

• 29 PtB Briefing, COGOP New Southgate/Tottenham,N11

“Cooperative enterprises help build a better world.”

United Nations, yesterday announced that 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives. Rudi Page, CEO, RAFFA, “ we are inspired by the United Nations announcement and will adopt this theme” Our Passing the Baton initiative aims to inspire peaceful, caring & enterprising neighbourhoods for London 2012 Inspire Programme.

The General Assembly President underlined their role as catalysts of socially-inclusive development and capacity to empower communities through jobs and income generation. During 2012, efforts will be made to expand public awareness of the role of cooperatives – especially in relation to the fulfilment of the internationally-agreed poverty reduction and socio-economic development targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Efforts will also be made to encourage the growth of cooperatives worldwide and strengthen them through policies and legal frameworks that facilitate their growth.

Please see link: http://www.raffa.org.uk/london-2012/

Wilton Powell, Chairman, RAFFA, recently presented, 3 year scholarships in memory of Valtiman Baker and Joseph Nathaniel Powell to Steven Webb, Paul Bogle High School and Jessica  Brown, Seaforth High School.