The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSO) joins its member, the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), in celebrating Saint Lucia’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations collaborated with the Department of External Affairs to host a training workshop on reporting on human rights for civil society organisations. Thirteen representatives of twelve of Saint Lucia’s civil society organisations attended this training…
Are you looking for simple ways to support Saint Lucia’s climate change resilience efforts? Have you ever wondered about how you can make your rainwater safer? The following information which was published in the DVRP Resilience Newsletter – Volume 6,…
The UNITE Caribbean (UC) Pilot Plastic Recycling project was launched on 25th July 2019. The two-year project is being funded by the government of the republic of France in collaboration with the GOSL and other private and civil society agencies and is aimed…
PRESS RELEASE The Government of Saint Lucia is taking advantage of opportunities to tackle problems associated with plastic pollution, and its negative impacts on human health and the environment. In January 2019, the Government announced its intention to phase-out…
On 7thAugust 2018, the Department of Sustainable Development launched Saint Lucia’s National Environmental Information System (NEIS). This system is one of the deliverables of the ‘Increasing Saint Lucia’s Capacity to Monitor MEA Implementation and Sustainable Development’ project funded by the Global…
The Annual Sacred Sports Foundation Easter Camp held in Soufriere, between 8th and 12th April this year is entitled “Goals Matter – developing a greater understanding of SDGs”. The Easter Camp brings together participants from Sacred Sports Foundation’s USAID-funded Beyond the…
Call for Expression of Interest The Laborie Development Foundation has secured funding from the Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund to implement a project that includes four activities that will guide the development of Laborie in the medium and long…
Happy Consumer Rights Day 2019! 15 March is World Consumer Rights Day, an annual occasion for celebration, impact and global solidarity within the international consumer movement. Each year consumer organisations mark the day by joining together to highlight and…
In our first blog post about mercury, we promised to share with you more information about how mercury affects human health. But then we diverted a bit to satisfy a request for more information on the findings of the Minamata…