Recognised Globally, Respected Internationally. . • The Jamaican family includes a close-knit web of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. • Families are close and provide both emotional and economic support to its members. • The family is the most important group a person belongs to, and as such, it the group with whom a person spends most of his/her time developing and maintaining cordial relations. Trust • Jamaicans have a healthy distrust of those in authority and prefer to put their faith in those they know well, such as their extended family and close friends who are treated as if they were family. • This can be seen in the fact that many still prefer to form a partner with friends and family rather than go to a bank to secure a loan. A partner is a financial arrangement between friends and neighbours. Each person in the group agrees to contribute a set amount into the partner for a specific number of weeks. Accumulated funds are used to make down payments for large purchases such as buying a house or a business. • The basic requirement of the partner is trust. Trust is so important. All members of the group, just like in this forum must be respectful to fellow members. • The island has the highest number of churches per capita in the world and more than 100 different Christian denominations. Most Jamaicans are Christians; the largest denominations are the Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, Brethren and Roman Catholics.
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