Handwashing Stations Installed in Childcare Facilities Thanks to Digicel Foundation and CPFSA
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, health experts strongly advised people to wash their hands to help prevent the virus from spreading. However, for the 3 million people globally who lack adequate handwashing facilities, this simple preventative measure became out of reach. According to the report, the situation is most alarming at schools, […]
Digicel Trinidad and Tobago & World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
On 17 May 2021, Digicel Trinidad and Tobago celebrated World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). WTISD is a United Nations initiative that helps to raise awareness about the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on communities in the developing world. Speaking of Digicel’s impact in Trinidad and Tobago, Digicel T&T CEO Abraham Smith […]
Digicel Group Makes Valuable 500 Commitment to People with Disabilities
On 17 May 2021, Denis O’Brien signed The Valuable 500 Commitment, bringing Digicel Group into the forefront of this important, global-reaching disability inclusion movement. The Valuable 500 is an inclusion movement aimed at making ability a key business leadership agenda and celebrating leaders and organizations that make this their priority. The ‘500’ in The Valuable […]
Digicel’s 7,000 Employees Celebrate Global Customer Day
On 12 May 2021, Digicel Group launched a likely industry-first ‘Customer Day’ across the entire organisation, which aimed to put the “Us in Customer.” The event saw Digicel’s 7,000 employees across 32 countries participate. Customer Day paired up non-customer-facing team members with customer-facing team members to directly serve customers. This gave internal employees a great […]
Digicel Foundation Donates US$1 Million For COVID-19 Vaccines in Jamaica
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Denis O’Brien and the Digicel Foundation are working to get life in Jamaica back to normal. In April 2021, the Foundation made a US$1 million donation to Jamaica’s Nation Health Fund (NHF). This NHF cash infusion will be used by the Jamaican government to purchase vital COVID-19 vaccines to continue […]
Alpha Institute Renovations Completed Thanks to Digicel Foundation
The Alpha Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica—now known as Alpha Institute—is a Catholic educational institution that, over its 140-year history, has become a renowned school known for its unique musical curriculum. It influenced the creation of both ska and reggae musical genres. Its school band, Alpha Alumni Ensemble, started in 1892 and is still running. […]
Digicel Group Donates US$500,000 for St Vincent Volcano Recovery
When the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent & the Grenadines erupted on Saturday the 10th of April, the ash falls, damage and displacement took a major toll in St Vincent. People are still without necessities like access to water, COVID-19 supplies and many find themselves in shelters. There are also long-term risks like crop […]
Digicel Jamaica Foundation Wins Social Contribution Award
On 5 November 2020, Digicel Jamaica Foundation won the Social Contribution Award at the first remotely-hosted World Communication Awards (WCA). This coveted award is given to organisations displaying a willingness to invest in and give back to in-need communities. It’s an exciting and humbling recognition that speaks to the dedication of the people of the […]
“Digicel Foundation Community Footprints” TV Show Airs
As of 25 February 2021, the Digicel Foundation has launched its TV show on Catch 2. It’s called “The Digicel Foundation Community Footprints” and it highlights the work done by the Foundation across Papua New Guinea, Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. Every month the show will provide an inside look at these communities and […]
Digicel Foundation Donates J$8.5 Million to UHWI For Plasma-Apheresis Machine
The Digicel Foundation donated a plasma-apheresis machine to The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), which doubles UHWI’s capacity to perform therapy on patients with COVID-19. After a J$8.5 million cheque was presented to the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the UHWI, the apheresis machine was purchased. As COVID-19 treatment evolves, plasma-apheresis has […]