Overview
The Community Tourism Foundation is a regionally oriented organisation
that promotes the development of low income communities in the areas of
micro-entrepreneurship, employment training, and skills development.
The beneficiaries of our programme represent those groups in Caribbean
society that are most vulnerable and which do not ordinarily have ready
access to substantial reserves of capital outside of those sourced in the
community.
Programme criteria
The Fund will provide funding to grassroots organisations in the islands
of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St.
Vincent with financial support to undertake activities that:
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Transfer relevant employment skills to disadvantaged young persons,
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Provide opportunities for poor persons to start micro-entrepreneurial projects,
either individually or as cooperatives,
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Provide technical and financial support to economically disadvantaged rural
farmers to assist them in diversifying their crops as well as to upgrade
their farming techniques,
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Provide opportunities for young persons to develop careers in the tourism
industry.
Funding will range from US $5 000-$8 500 to qualifying community-based
organisations and non-governmental organisations in participating countries.
Project Criteria
Funding consideration will be given to projects that:
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Have counterpart
contributions from the private sector, public sector, and Diaspora.
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Show high innovation
and creativity
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Integrate the
use of indigenous resources and new technologies
The Fund will not finance:
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Educational scholarships
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Core administrative expenses e.g. salaries, rent, utilities
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Activities such as research or feasibility studies
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Welfare or relief activities
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Charitable appeals
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Activities of political organisations
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Fundraising campaigns
