ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE

BEFORE THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION,THERE WAS A WOMAN.

THE ORIGIN

Aunt Liza

Everyone in Albion Mountain called her Aunt Liz. She wasn't a teacher, or a politician, or a nonprofit director. She was Kurtious' great-grandmother and she just showed up. For everyone. Every time.

She delivered children into the world, fed families who had nothing, helped clothe children so they could attend school, and raised generations of youth as if they were her own. No title. No recognition. No ask for anything in return.

The Loney-Walsh Collective exists because of what she modeled and because her community deserves to see that same spirit institutionalized and scaled.

Three women standing together outdoors under a blue canopy, with a yellow wall behind them. The woman in the middle is holding a framed photo and speaking into a microphone. The women are dressed in casual summer clothes, and the scene appears to be part of a community event or gathering.

THE FOUNDER

Kurtious
Loney-Walsh

A man with long dreadlocks, a beard, and a mustache, wearing a white sweater and a chain necklace, posing against a plain background.

I grew up connected to Albion Mountain, a small community in St. Mary that most maps don't bother to name. I watched children there who were brilliant. Curious. Hungry to learn. And I watched the world give them nothing.

I left. I built a life. And then I came back because leaving without doing something felt like a betrayal of everything Aunt Liz had modeled for us.

The Loney-Walsh Collective isn't charity. It's investment. In children who were always worth investing in. This community gave me everything, the Collective is how I pay that forward.

Our Purpose

To create educational opportunities for underserved youth in Jamaica through literacy initiatives, scholarship support, and community-driven programming.