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The Ganley Fund will enable JSH to try new initiatives and innovative approaches that enhance our efforts and to respond to new or unanticipated situations, needs or ideas. |
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The Sari Theresa Fund recognizes the very considerable contribution which literacy makes, both to the formation of children and youth as individuals, and to the Jamaica's national development. |
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The GANLEY FUND for INNOVATION was launched as part of Jamaican Self-Help's 25th Anniversary Celebrations: 1980-2005. The fund is a tangible means to uphold the values and vision of John and Rosemary Ganley, the founders of Jamaican Self-Help. The Ganleys have always approached their work with Jamaican Self-Help with responsiveness, openness, and a willingness to take risks and try new projects, change direction or add to existing activities. In this same spirit, the GANLEY FUND will enable JSH to try new initiatives and innovative approaches that enhance our efforts and to respond to new or unanticipated situations, needs or ideas. |
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In keeping with their commitment to education & reflection, the GANLEY FUND is highlighted by the Annual Ganley Lecture, organized by Jamaican Self-Help. This very special event will bring a global voice to Peterborough and offer the community a stimulating presentation on current cultural, social, economic and/or political issues. Throughout their involvement with JSH, the Ganleys have galvanized local participation in international development and social justice concerns through leadership and their own demonstrated commitment. They have maintained an underlying belief in the power of linking people to build the solidarity needed to create a caring and just world. As an initiative by the Ganleys, and augmented by many volunteers over the years, these are some values which have endured in JSH: honesty, reality, simplicity, responsiveness, knowledge, focus on youth, gender awareness, community participation and a commitment to global education. JSH continues to look to our local and global community to maintain and support these values. Please consider contributing to the GANLEY FUND for INNOVATION as a special donation that recognizes the Ganley’s individual and shared contribution to our community, both locally and globally. Donate Now to the Ganley Fund for Innovation by clicking here |
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“The Sari Theresa Fund recognizes the very considerable contribution which literacy makes, both to the formation of children and youth as individuals, and to Jamaica's national development.” |
In 2008, Margaret Moyston Cumming and Lawrence S. Cumming of Ottawa, Ontario decided to celebrate the birth of their granddaughter as well as their own fortieth wedding anniversary in a very special and lasting way. They wanted to connect their love of Jamaica, children, and literacy, and so they approached Jamaican Self-Help. Together they established the Sari Theresa Fund for Children’s Books and Literacy, to contribute towards children’s books, literacy resources and programmes in Jamaican Self-Help projects in inner city and rural communities in Jamaica. |
Sari Theresa Cumming Phang was born on May 11, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica to Dr. Vanessa Cumming, Clinical Research Fellow and Lecturer, Sickle Cell Unit, University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) and Damian Phang. Sari is the granddaughter of Margaret and Lawrence, and of Lloyd and Oicenth Phang of Islington in the Parish of St. Mary, Jamaica.
The Moyston and Cumming families have a long association with Jamaica. Margaret, born in St. Catherine to Asher Moyston and Iris Facey Moyston, holds dual Jamaican and Canadian citizenship. Mrs. Moyston still resides in Spanish Town. Lawrence's late aunt Vera Cumming, an artist, worked with Edna Manley in the late 1940s to establish the national art school, now known as the Edna Manley College of Art and Design. In his professional capacity, Lawrence carried out an evaluation of the Jamaican Self-Help Organization in 1993.
Margaret is a retired public servant (Health Canada), and Lawrence, a former Executive Director of Oxfam-Canada, is a consultant in international development. Both have been supporters of Jamaican Self-Help for since 1994. They celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary on September 2, 2008.
Donate Now to the Sari Theresa Fund for Children's Book & Literacy by clicking here |
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Charitable Registration Number: 89733 7150RR0001 |
Margaret and Lawrence invite any interested person or group to support Jamaican Self-Help through a contribution to the Sari Theresa Fund for Children’s Books and Literacy. Funds will be used for Jamaican Self-Help programmes in literacy and for children’s books and literacy resources.