UNDP/GEF Small Grants Program has awarded 6 small grants totaling EC$505,119.70 or (US$187,111.00)

​The UNDP/GEF Small Grants Program awarded 6 grants totaling EC$505,119.70 (US$187,111.00) to civil society organisations, which will enable communities to undertake activities that protect and conserve the environment, empower local communities and enable sustainable livelihoods. UNDP Resident Representative for Barbados & the OECS, Mr Stephen O’Malley signed the Memorandum of Agreements with the grantees at UNDP office in Roseau, on March 8, 2018, for grants which were awarded as follows:
 
1. South East (CERT) Community Emergency Response Team
Project: South-east CERT Upgrade for Disaster Management -EC$30,026.70
2. Dominica National Council of Women
Project: Livelihood Restoration Support for Women Farmers – EC$50,004.00
3. Southeast Healthy People Committee
Project: Reducing & Recycling Waste: The Sustainable Pathway to Adapting to Climate Change in Dominica – EC$50,004.00
4. Dominica Essential Oils and Spices Cooperative Society Ltd.
Project: Building Resilience in the Bay Oil Industry – EC$126,360.00
5. Dominica Consumer Protection Association Inc.
Project: Pilot Solid Waste Management Project–West Coast Communities EC$130,005.00
6. Caribbean Agricultural Network
Project: Sustainable Cocoa Development Project for Dominica EC$118,800.00
 
SGP continues to be a major contributor to the environment and livelihoods in Dominica and the other countries. In Dominica the SGP has from 1995 to 2018 provided 117 grants totally US$3,060,383 (EC$8,263,303), with average per grant of US$26,157 (EC$70,626).
 
Previously funded SGP projects suffered losses in Hurricane Maria, and the SGP has responded with a grant of EC$237,300.00 to support grantee organisations to be able to restore their livelihoods. Among those to receive from that support are Agriculture Women, St Marks Fisherfolk, Belles Farmers Group, Salisbury Tourism and Agriculture Cooperative, Toloma Women in Action, Castle Bruce Community Tourism Association. SGP’s Global Manager Yoko Watanabe is scheduled to visit Dominica soon, in solidarity with SGP family in Dominica.