Scotiabank and Habitat for Humanity

The project is focused on implementing climate-smart agriculture strategies and community empowerment training programs to address climate action and improve housing resilience to withstand climate-related disasters. Key activities include training in rainwater harvesting and community greenhouse, disaster risk reduction and tourism enhancement; as well as the retrofitting of houses to be hazard resistant. The communities of Charlotteville and Louis d’Or were selected due to their vulnerability to climate change and their key role in local agriculture. Overall, the project will reach over 4,000 beneficiaries.

Jennifer Massiah, National Director, Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago commented “We are proud to partner with Scotiabank to deliver this project which addresses Resilience, Innovation, Social cohesion and Enterprise. Additionally, community empowerment and sustainability have also been central to our resiliency focus as we “put people first” and “leave no one behind”. This represents the heart of Habitat’s developmental transformation for our communities where data collection, vulnerability mapping and assessments, mitigation, and capacity-building interventions allow us to add our contributions to climate adaptation.”