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UNICEF supporting governments in the Eastern Caribbean to serve and protect the poorest and most vulnerable
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Vulnerable families in Saint Kitts and Nevis find hope through social protection programme
BASSETERRE, 15 March 2025 - “I love my kids, and I love being around them,” says Cherry Murray, her eyes lighting up as she holds her six-year-old daughter, Tatinique, close. The hardworking mother of three from the Old Road community in Saint Kitts and Nevis is doing everything she can to give her children a bett...
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Social Protection and Social Policy
The document below provides an overview of UNICEF's work in Social Policy and Social Protection (SPSP) in the Eastern Caribbean. This initiative aims to strengthen social protection systems, ensuring that vulnerable children and families receive the support they need to thrive, while promoting inclusive and equita...
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UNICEF strengthens key partnerships to improve outcomes for children in Trinidad and Tobago
PORT-OF-SPAIN, 29 December 2024 - The UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean is reinforcing its commitment to enhancing the well-being of children in Trinidad and Tobago by strengthening key partnerships with international stakeholders. In recent weeks, UNICEF's Chief of Social Policy, Maryam Abdu, led productive...
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Towards a more resilient Caribbean: How EU-CA-RES is Making a Difference
Basseterre, 2 December 2024 - The Caribbean’s ability to withstand shocks, emergencies and hazards received a considerable boost this week with the launch of the landmark European Union Caribbean Resilience Programme (EU-CA-RES), known as “EU Cares”. The intervention aims to build a Caribbean that is not only prep...
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Capacity-building workshop aims to prioritise children in climate policies
St George's, Grenada - In a significant step towards prioritizing child rights in climate action, the Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment, and Renewable Energy, in partnership with UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Area in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), hos...
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UNICEF and OECS Strengthen Partnership to Improve Lives of Children in Eastern Caribbean
Castries, Saint Lucia, 26 March 2024 -UNICEF and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Tuesday signed a renewed Partnership Agreement, which will directly impact the lives of children and young people across OECS Member States. The agreement supports the OECS Human and Social Development Strategy, f...
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Shock Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean
This paper presents a series of three template policy briefs designed to support the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Participating States (PS) to develop policy guidelines, frameworks and approaches that promote effective shock-responsive social protection. It was commissioned by CDEMA and U...
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UNICEF seeking Management Information Systems (MIS) Consultant
Job no: 567986 Contract type: Consultant Duty Station: Bridgetown Level: Consultancy Location: Eastern Caribbean Categories: Social Policy UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their p...
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Design and Development of Anguilla Social Protection MIS
Type of Contact Institutional Contract Title Design and Development of Anguilla Social Protection Management Information System (MIS) Location Anguilla Remote (travel to Anguilla will be required) Duration 8 months (over a period of 11 months) Start Date January 15th, 2024 Reporting to Social Policy Officer, Socia...
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Workshop to strengthen analysis of child poverty in Trinidad and Tobago
A key step in ensuring countries regularly measure and monitor child poverty and use it for evidence based programmes and policies is to strengthen capacity for conducting child poverty analysis. The Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (OPM), UNICEF and the Social Policy Research Institute (SPRI) G...
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Social Protection and Disaster Management Practitioners Strengthen Their Capacity in Shock Responsive Social Protection
The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have partnered to strengthen the capacity of 52 social protection and disaster management practitioners in the area of Shock Responsive Social Protection. The four-day training sessions were delivered in Anguilla and St. Kitts and Nevis. Threatened by economic hazards and ...
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Bult makes first official visit to Dominica
UNICEF Representative for the Eastern Caribbean Mr. Pieter Bult paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt. Mr. Bult, who is on his first official visit to ‘The Nature Isle’ presented his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Tr...