THE MINISTRY OF Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development is preparing to launch a new project which aims to reduce extreme poverty and unemployment in Barbados.
Entitled Strengthening Human and Social Development, the project, which is being funded by a US$10 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), seeks to reduce inter-generational poverty in Barbados over a specified five year period.Â
The project comprises three main components: the expansion of the Identification, Stabilization, Enablement and Empowerment (I.S.E.E.) Bridge Pilot Programme, to assist 250 families in communities across Barbados; the reduction of unemployment through training and improved employment services at the National Employment Bureau; and the creation of a Management Information System to facilitate better information sharing among key agencies.
Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Steven Blackett, will officially launch the project this Friday. (BGIS)