Your Gift At Work
The Kitchen of Love, our soup kitchen in Lucea, feeds over 600 homeless, indigent and elderly once per week.

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The Reach Of Our Mission
Over the course of a year, we help hundreds of adults and children through educational and health related programs – computer labs, health fairs and more. That’s just the start.

WHAT WE SUPPORT
Scholarship Program
Our scholarship program helps more than 200 tertiary students achieve their educational goals each year. Our students have it all—drive, smarts, passion—but no resources.

our investment in Jamaica’s Future
Power Of Education
Our work is purely volunteer and unpaid. Every dollar raised goes directly to help the lives of our friends and neighbors in Hanover Parish – especially education from basic school age.
Come To Our Legendary Fundraiser
Save the date for 2020 and celebrate with us on February 15!

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OUR SIGNATURE PROJECTS

CONTAINER OF LOVE PROJECT

Support our goal to fill up a 40ft container to meet the needs of the many partner schools, organizations, and communities supported by Hanover Charities and Cornerstone Jamaica.

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MORRIS-WATKINS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Invest in the education of our brilliant scholars in Jamaica who lack sufficient funding to fulfil their academic dreams.

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AND THERE’S MORE!

Provide support, assistance and relief to other essential HC projects within Hanover.

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OUR RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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Raising Funds To Help Jamaicans Since 1957

FEATURED

VIDEO: 2020 Hanover Charities-Chukka Foundation Polo Event

Hanover Charities & Chukka Foundation hosted its 11^th annual charity polo event on February 16^th, 2020 at the Chukka Sandy Bay Ranch.

Watch this video that summarizes the 2020 event.

VIDEO: 2020 Sugar Cane Ball: Rio Extravaganza

Annual legendary fundraiser Sugar Cane Ball: Rio Extravaganza.

The event held on February 15, 2020 at Round Hill Hotel helps raise funds for Hanover Charities.

Watch this video that summarizes the 2020 event

VIDEO: Sugar Cane Ball 2020 – by Jamaica Observer

Annual Sugar Cane Ball has become a prominent event on Jamaica’s annual social calendar.

The fundraising affair raises money every year to support HC’s charitable missions on the island.

Watch this video coverage of the 2020 event by Jamaica Observer.

Computer Lab Opening – Cove Primary 2019

Hanover Charities alongside Food for the Poor Jamaica, has invested in excess of JMD $5,600,000 to the education of students in the parish of Hanover through the building and outfitting of all new computer rooms at four (4) schools for the year 2019 including Cove Primary, Pell River Primary, St. Simons Primary and Askenish All Age.

Watch this video that summarizes the Cove Primary Computer Lab Opening 2019 event.

VIDEO: IMAGINE- Sugar Cane Ball 2019

Hanover Charities hosts its annual legendary fundraiser under a neon coloured theme: IMAGINE – Sugar Cane Ball 2019.

The event held on February 16 at Round Hill Hotel helps raise funds for the causes of the charity.

Watch this video that summarizes the 2019 event

Annual Hanover Charities/Chukka Foundation Charity Polo Event 2019

Hanover Charities and Chukka Foundation teams up annually to host its Charity Polo Event at the Chukka Sandy Bay Ranch.

The 10^th signature event held on February 17^th, 2019 adds a fun filled family day to our week of fundraising efforts for Hanover Charities.

Watch this video that summarizes the 2019 event

VIDEO: 60 YEARS HANOVER CHARITIES

The past 60 years were rewarding and satisfying, we have done a lot and looking forward to doing a lot more.

Watch this video that beautifully summerizes our journey thus far.
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VIDEO: Hanover Charities Sugar Cane Ball 2016

The Sugar Cane Ball held every year on Presidents Weekend (the second Saturday of every February)

What has become one of the premier partys’ during the busy winter social calendar the Sugar Cane Ball, held at Round Hill Hotel, raison d’etre is to raise money for the Charity…

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Come To Our Ball | February 19, 2022
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Ways You Can help
Hanover Charities is involved in a such a broad range of charitable efforts that there’s something…
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WHAT WE SUPPORT

Health Care
Healthcare in Jamaica is basic: the approximately…
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Help For Schools
Hanover Charities’ support for local schools is…
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Kitchen Of Love
Each Tuesday in Lucea, volunteers labor over hot…
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Orchard Sport Complex
Regular visitors to our part of Jamaica…
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With the majority of the funds raised…
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Scholarships
We at Hanover Charities have a deep…
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Westhaven Home
Up in the remote hills of Hanover…
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ABOUT US

Our Mission
The mission of Hanover Charities is, and always has been, to improve the health, welfare, and education of our neighbors in Hanover Parish…
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Our History
It all started with a cow and an old Jamaican family. When the charismatic Willy Delisser became Custos of Hanover, he and his wife Ida immediately became great supporters of their community. Every December the Delissers would slaughter a cow…
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Our Board
Hanover Charities is blessed to have a cohesive board of diverse talents and skills; each director and member plays a vital role in the success of our organization…
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