Empowerment of Youthand CommunitiesEmpowermentof Youth andCommunities

  • Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business
  • Financial Literacy
  • Engineering
  • Technology
  • Food and Agriculture

We help young people and communities cultivate sustainable futures through smart agriculture, STEM learning, and practical career pathways.

Explore the project

Who we are

Rooted in service. Built for the next generation.

MicroVenture Philanthropy Group (MVPG) coordinates charitable and philanthropic initiatives that advance sustainable agriculture, education, and community economic development throughout Jamaica and the CARIFORUM region.

Our members are professionals and graduates of Jamaican high schools, agricultural institutions, the University of the West Indies, and U.S. Land Grant Universities—united by a commitment to give back through meaningful educational and agricultural initiatives.

An educator demonstrates a gardening activity with students beside a school garden.

Our flagship initiative

Jamaica School Garden & Horticulture Project

MVPG is developing smart agricultural and environmental science gardens, alongside community FruitScapes and food forests, at participating high schools.

These gardens give students hands-on experience in agriculture, environmental science, and STEM while building career-ready skills. Their harvests can also support school canteens—addressing food access and transportation barriers that can contribute to absenteeism and early dropout.

  • Learn by doingPractical STEM, agriculture, and entrepreneurship experiences.
  • Grow local resilienceSchool gardens that can contribute to food for school canteens.
  • Create pathwaysSkills and exposure that support future study and careers.

What we support

Enterprises that turn learning into lasting capability.

Chickens in a poultry farm setting

Poultry

Broiler and layer enterprises that build applied agricultural experience.

Carrots, cucumbers, and peppers at a market

Vegetables

Container and open-field gardens designed for productive, climate-aware growing.

An apple tree full of ripe fruit

Fruit trees

Fruit trees in containers and open fields, helping schools cultivate long-term value.

A lush food forest garden

Food forests

Community FruitScapes and food forests that connect learning with local nourishment.

Phase 1

Growing with Jamaica’s high schools.

Our first phase brings smart gardens and agricultural learning to seven participating schools.

  • Ardenne High School
  • Ferncourt High School
  • Happy Grove High School
  • Dinthill High School
  • Merl Grove High School
  • Aabuthnott Gallimore High School
  • St. Catherine High School
A student feeds young chickens in a school poultry facility.
Hands-on poultry learning
Students work together in a planted school garden.
Students tending a school garden
An educator leads students through a gardening lesson among leafy crops.
Garden-based instruction
Agricultural science students and an educator gather beside a school garden.
Young leaders growing the future

Partner with us

Let’s cultivate the next generation of leaders.

Connect with MVPG to learn more about our work, support a school garden, or explore partnership opportunities.

WhatsApp(954) 326-1932mvpg@mvpgglobal.org