The Palisadoes Foundation is a non-profit organization based in

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, US, founded in 2016 by members of the

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and The Jamaica Diaspora Technology Taskforce to promote the use of information technology in Jamaica.

Activities

The Palisadoes Foundation participates in a number of activities in accordance with its mandate to support STEM education in Jamaica.

The Calico Challenge

In 2016 the Palisadoes Foundation began the Calico Challenge, a program where software engineering students in Jamaican universities are awarded an internship to work on

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projects over the summer under the guidance of an industry mentor. Students are paid a stipend based on the achievement of predefined goals. Sponsors have included the JPS Foundation. The Palisadoes Foundation also works closely with the Jamaica Computer Society in promoting and managing the Calico Challenge in Jamaica.

Open Source Repository

The Palisadoes Foundation's

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repository stores the

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that is created and modified by its volunteers and student interns.

Equipment Donations

In 2018, the Palisadoes Foundation donated computer server equipment to the

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and the University of Technology, Jamaica.

References

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External links

Palisadoes Foundation's GitHub repository

The JPS Foundation

University of Technology, Jamaica IEEE student branch

UWI Mona Computing Society
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