24 December, 2014
The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) was established under a regional Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) initiative in 1979. Key objectives of this fund include the following:
- increase the productivity and income of the unemployed/underemployed
- improve the standard of living of poor communities
- expand and conserve the stock of economic and social infrastructure essential to future growth
- reduce the economic and social vulnerability of women and persons living with HIV/AIDS
- Improvement in health and educational facilities in deprived communities:
- Creation of better access through the construction of roads, drains and footpaths
- Installation & improvement of water supply systems in impoverish communities
- Repair and construction of community based retail facilities
- Skills training and upgrading for job creation and entrepreneurship
- Community empowerment