St. Vincent and the Grenadines will benefit from a 6.4 million US dollar grant from USAID to continue the OECS Juvenile Justice Reform Project for the next five years.
According to the OECS website, “The OECS Juvenile Justice Reform Project was born out of discussions between the OECS Secretariat and USAID.
Speaking on the National radio (NBC), Minister of Social Development Frederick Stephenson said the money would go towards the construction of a Girls Home.
Stephenson said that his Ministry has been working assiduously to ensure that students at the Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre are fully integrated into society.
He noted that when the students leave the Centre, there are several programs in which they can be placed and a holistic approach is taken with monitoring them.
OECS Commission and USAID have identified children and youth as a priority group deserving of support with a specific focus on reform initiatives designed to strengthen the juvenile justice system.
