Soufriere Foundation - St. Lucia

Social & Cultural

As the community became less economically important in the 1960’s, it also became less concerned about the upkeep of its social institutions, their objectives and the culture of its people.  This has resulted in significantly less emphasis being placed on the provision of basic social such as health, toilets, clean drinking water and the maintenance of the culture of the people.

We at the Soufriere Foundation attempt to encourage social development by providing housing assistance and medical assistance to the poor and needy; providing citizens with a voice; advocating for their right to participate in decision making; improving resident’s access to water and electricity; strengthening capacity of community groups to increase their responsiveness to community problems; promoting community participation and imploring corporate community to increase its philantrophy.  However, we know that on our own we will never be able to do enough to remedy the shortcomings of the community.  As a result, we welcome innovative and goal oriented strategies that seek to improve the social lives of our residents. 

As a goal the Soufriere Foundation aims at integrating culture in its development policies by continuing to expose residents to our culture and supporting cultural development through sponsorship of events, support of training and development.  By so doing we know we are supporting poverty alleviation and strengthening social cohesion.