TT RED CROSS EU MIGRATION FINAL NARRATIVE REPORT (2022)

Over the last 24 months the Trinidad & Tobago Red Cross Society through the Migration: Response to Recovery, COVID19 Reducing Vulnerability, Enhancing Resilience has provided invaluable support to migrant and host communities as the country battled the COVID19 pandemic. In 2022 as the reduction in government-imposed restrictions opened the door for economic recovery and growth, the predicament of the migrant community has remained constant and continued to include lack of jobs especially as a result of the contraction in the sectors migrants normally work such as in construction and entertainment, reduced social support mechanisms from the leading organizations on the R4V platform mainly due to financial constraints, xenophobia, restrictive health care and limited educational opportunities. This intervention was designed to be a bridge to ensure the immediate response was smoothly transitioned to recovery mode as the pandemic winded down.

During the response phase the project served the immediate needs of 500 migrant families with cash vouchers for immediate food needs and health care services provided through the Henry Dunant Clinic and Health Outreach Initiatives and transitioning to longer-term recovery support through the sustainable livelihood component of the Garden to Kitchen Initiative which provided 100 households with home gardening implements to start growing their own food and the Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) training in the Icacos and Wallerfield communities which permanently improved the sanitation situation for over 200 migrants.