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ART- Agency for Rural Transformation Ltd.

WHAT IS ART?

  • A non-profit, non-governmental rural development agency.
  • Established in 1981; registered as an NGO in January 1985
  • Registered under the Companies Act as a non-profit company.

DEVELOPMENT VISION:

“A process through which communities acquire knowledge, skills and ability to identify issues in improving their overall quality of life and use the acquired knowledge and skills to take action to address these issues and improve their quality of life”

MISSION STATEMENT:

“Empowering People!  Transforming Communities!!”

TARGET GROUPS AND BENEFICIARIES:

Rural disadvantaged and vulnerable  communities- among groups benefiting from ART’s work are:

  • children,
  • youth,
  • women,
  • small farmers
  • craft producers
  • female headed households

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:

  • Position the agency to sustain and maximise its contribution to national development processes –
  • Restoration of office building and resource centre
  • Build and strengthen partnerships which complement and support the agency’s mission.
  • Rural Youth Development Programme
  • Strengthening Community Organisations for Participation in Governance and Development

CORE ACTIVITIES:

  • Community Education and Training
  • Advocacy and Networking
  • Resource Mobilization

SUCCESS STORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

General Programming Headings:

  • Community Capacity Building & Empowerment
    • Rural Youth Development
    • Community Participation and Support
  • Quality of Life Programmes
    • Community Health Promotion
    • Supporting the Development of Sustainable Livelihoods
  • Advocacy & Networking

SUCCESS STORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Success of Rural Youth Development Programme

  • Improving reading and literacy skills
  • Nurturing creative talents
  • Building self-esteem and self-confidence

Support to Development of Sustainable Livelihoods

  • Micro-project Loan Fund –
  • Revitalization of the beekeeping sector in Grenada including international awards (2002) for Grenadian honey

Health Promotion:

  • Regional award(1999) for Eat Local Eat Healthy project
  • Pioneered use of popular theatre in Grenada in respect of HIV/AIDS Education (2003) – A Sip of Red Wine.

Challenges:

✓  Inadequate financial resources which impacts on human and material resources

✓  Building still to restored after the hurricane damage sustained in 2004

✓  Socio-economic environment – increasing levels of poverty;