SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TRANSFORMATION AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
This initiative seeks to:
•
Provide a daily meal for clients;
•
Assess clients and provide/refer
them to counselling, as required;
It also:
•
Exposes clients to an employment
oriented skills training programme;
and
•
Facilitates and assists clients in the
transition from dependence on the
services of the TDCs to a state of
self-reliance and empowerment.
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Community
organisations,
NGOs and
vulnerable
persons
within the
community.
Recipients of
Community-
Based Training
and Education
&
Improved
Access
to Social
Protection
For the period October 2012 to March
2013,
200 meals
were provided daily.
A total of
50,000
persons benefited
frommeals
Self-Reliant and
Sustainable
Communities
&
An Efficient and
Effective Social
System for the Poor
and Vulnerable
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMME
(National School Dietary Services
Limited)
The School Nutrition Programme
provides deserving students throughout
Trinidad with breakfast and lunch to
ensure that students achieve a head
start in their quest for academic
excellence.
Objectives of the programme include:
the provision of approximately one third
of the day’s total nutrient requirements
for each child; improvement of the
nutritional status of the needy child
thereby enhancing the child’s ability
to learn; and to further stimulate the
agricultural sector by utilizing local
produce wherever possible in the meal
plan.
Agriculture
and Food
Security
&
Healthcare
Services and
Hospitals
Pre-primary,
primary and
secondary
school
children
Consumption
of Local Food
&
Enhanced
Awareness
and
Opportunities
on Choosing
Healthier
Meals
For the period October 2012 to
June 30th, 2013 -
59,958 breakfast
meals and 97,164 lunches
were
distributed to pre-primary, primary
and secondary school students
Nutrition Education sessions were also
conducted at the following schools:
•
Marabella Government Primary
School
•
Charlieville Government Primary
School
•
Pleasantville Government Primary
School
•
Mayo R.C. Primary School
•
Santa Rosa Government Primary
School
Adequate and
Affordable Food
&
Healthier Choices in
Diet and Nutrition
Interconnected Pillar 2: Poverty Eradication and Social Justice
