The Community Services Unit

About Us

The Community Services Unit is a unit within the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice & Empowerment that provides services directed at developing communities by facilitating and creating the capacity for human development.

                                                          Mission Statement
Build social capital through the empowerment of individuals and communities to improve socio-economic conditions towards self direct change to result in advancement of individuals, communities and the nation.
                                    Definition of the Community Services Unit
The Community Development Unit is about positve planned change taking place at or among the following three levels, the individual group and the community, and contributing to improvement. This process ultimately promotes positive change and empowerment.

The Role of the Community Services

Helping people, changing lives, building communities.

  1. Community Development within the context of economic and social sustainability is critical. The need to develop a creative and supportive climate within which a community can achieve its fullest potential is a pre-requisite to this development.
  2. This can be achieved through the encouragement of the growth and development community based organizations, and the provision of relavant assistance for social projects identified by the community.
  3. It is predicated on the notion of empowering the citizenry through the process of democratic governance and social sustainability.

Services

Registration of CBO's and NGO's
Group and Community Mobilization
Provide Non-Formal Training for Community Members
Community Disaster Mobilization

Meet the Social Transformation Officers



Deputy Director
Community Services Department

Kendall Elva

Vieux Fort North and South

David Moise

Gros-Islet

Darnally St Ange

Babonneau

Antonia Marius

Castries South East and (CASP) Coordinator

Ivy Gaby St Helen

Laborie

Shalina Mann

Castries North and Castries East

Ordula Linor

Micoud North and South

Fredora Justin-Alcindor

Castries Central & South

Shema Glasgow

Choiseul

Jeff Desir

Dennery North and South

NGO and CBO Registration and Renewal Forms

Opening Hours
Monday – Friday
8:00am – 4:30pm
Our Location
4th Floor, Greaham Louisy Admin. Bldg.
Waterfront, Castries, Saint Lucia
Contact Info
(758) 468 – 5108/5126
email: cdslu@ministryofequitystlucia.com