CELEBRATING 40 YEARS · 1987 — 2027
Education today.
Success tomorrow.
Since 1987, PACE Canada has supported early childhood education for socio-economically disadvantaged children in Jamaica — through school supplies, educator training, and Adopt-A-School partnerships. Over one million students helped since inception.
Small actions lead to big change. Since 1987.
700+
Educational establishments impacted
1M+
Students helped since inception
JMD$7M+
Delivered to 71 sponsored schools for Hurricane Melissa recovery
WAYS TO GIVE
By donating a little, it can change a lot.
Your gift helps uplift some of the most vulnerable children in Jamaica, nurturing a joyful and enriching learning environment where they can grow, thrive, and dream big. Four ways to be part of it.
Adopt-A-School
$400 a year (effective January 1, 2027)
Our longest-running program — help improve education and services at a partner school in Jamaica. Support countless students and educators.
Membership
PACE Circle · Annually
Membership sustains our operations, gets you involved in our plans and connects you to the mission year-round.
Legacy Fund
Fund the next 40 years
Leave a bequest or make a founding gift to the PACE Legacy Fund — securing early childhood education in Jamaica for generations to come.
Donate
One-time or monthly
100% of your donation goes directly to the program you choose — Adopt-A-School, teacher training, or where the need is greatest.
Come home with PACE
Jamaica 2027
Join PACE for a meaningful return to Jamaica and experience the schools and communities at the heart of our work.
Every three to four years, we organize school visits that provide our sponsors, members, supporters and friends with an opportunity to see firsthand the impact of their contributions. This gives us a deeper understanding of the needs of the schools and communities we serve with the funding we receive on behalf of our partners.
ANNIVERSARY YEAR · 2027
40 years. 40 schools. 40 stories.
In 2027 PACE Canada turns forty. To mark it, we’re launching a year-long anniversary campaign — the $40 Campaign, the Legacy Fund, and a rolling series of stories from the classrooms we’ve supported since 1987. Real teachers. Real children.
GOVERNANCE · TORONTO
The board behind the work.
PACE Canada is led by a volunteer Board of Directors — professionals, educators, and community leaders across the Canadian diaspora who direct our strategy, oversee our programs, and travel to Jamaica to see the work first-hand. Independently audited. Registered charity #861909356RR0001.
PHOTO: PARTNER BASIC SCHOOL · JAMAICA
STORY OF THE MONTH · OCTOBER 2026
Ewarton Basic School's multipurpose room.
Ewarton Basic School had a need: a shared indoor space where the children could gather during rain, take part in music and movement, and eat together. With PACE Canada’s Adopt-A-School partnership, that room now exists — and it’s being used every single day.
"Thank you for what you do for our schools in Jamaica. It's the difference we needed."
— Educator, Montego Bay, St. James
FOR OUR JAMAICAN-CANADIAN COMMUNITY
You came to Canada. Help build back home.
Three hundred thousand strong across Canada. Every one of us knows a teacher, an aunt, a neighbour whose life turned on the right school at the right age. That’s what PACE funds — that school, that age.
Legacy Tour 2027 - Come home to Jamaica with PACE.
Save the Date – Join us in Jamaica, May 9–15, 2027, and see the schools and communities at the heart of our work. This trip will be similar to the School Tour we did in 2017. Itinerary details are being finalized. Stay in touch for more details.
Explore the trip →
For diaspora-owned businesses, be one of the first to join our Legacy Fund Business Circle and get special promotions at our events and online. Details to follow soon.
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Legacy Fund - Family and Friends
Forty years of support for Jamaica’s youngest learners.
A fund to protect the next forty. Invite your family and friends to help build resilience for the future.
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HOW YOUR MONEY MOVES
100% of your donation goes directly to the program you choose.
Give to Adopt-A-School, teacher training, or the school supply box — every dollar arrives where you sent it. Independently audited annual financials. Registered Canadian charity #861909356RR0001. Named Best Caribbean Early Years Education Support Organization 2024 by Acquisition International.
BEFORE YOU GO
Ready to help a child get their start?
A one-time gift, a monthly membership, or a Legacy Fund contribution — each one funds the classrooms, the teachers, the supplies. Every child gets a start.
