Kingston, 11 February 2022 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced a contribution of Ten Million Dollars to the Jamaica Football Federation to underwrite the cost of a charter flight for the national women’s football team, the Reggae Girlz, to their World Cup Qualifier against Grenada on February 20.

The Reggae Girlz kick off their World Cup campaign at home against Bermuda on February 17 before travelling to Grenada three days later.

Minister Grange says that after being told by JFF President Michael Ricketts that the team could not get to Grenada by direct commercial flight in time for the Qualifier, she offered without hesitation to assist the JFF with J$10M which would cover most of the cost of a charter flight.

“The money has been provided through the Sports Development Foundation as the Reggae Girlz embark on another World Cup journey. We assisted their 2019 World Cup campaign to the tune of J$20.1M and will continue to play our part in whatever way we can to ensure that they are back at the Finals in 2023.”

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