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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
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His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Elliston Rahming is pictured three representatives from the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) following their meeting on Thursday, June 27. From left are: Caroline Moh, Special Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer; Ambassador Rahming; Nathalie Liautaud, Senior Program Advisor, Caribbean; and Juan Pablo Pitarque, Programs Associate.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), a non-governmental and non-political organization that focuses on issues of pressing concern in the Western Hemisphere, last week submitted a proposal for a $1 million grant to study juvenile violence and appropriate intervention programmes in The Bahamas.
Three officials of the PADF met recently with His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Elliston Rahming at the Embassy of The Bahamas, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Ms. Nathalie Liautaud, PADF’s Senior Program Advisor for the Caribbean, said the meeting was to introduce Dr. Rahming to the programmes and projects sponsored by PADF. She was accompanied by Ms. Caroline Moh, Special Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, and Juan Pablo Pitarque, Programs Associate.
PADF was created by the OAS in 1962 with financial backing from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Social Progress Trust Fund and corporate and private donors.
“The thrust behind the creation of the Foundation was the desire to establish an institution that could mobilize the private sector to assist the most vulnerable people of the hemisphere through productive employment in microenterprises, technical training, civil society development, national entrepreneurship, and the facilitation of corporate social responsibility,” according to PADF’s annual report.
The Foundation has had a long history of working in the Caribbean. Indeed, its office in Haiti recently celebrated its 30th year.
Meanwhile, The Bahamas is among seven Caribbean countries where PADF “continues to execute projects via corporate partnerships” aimed at addressing the stabilization of “communities via engagement of citizens in economic, social, and youth programs designed to provide education and alternatives to participation in violent or illegal activities.”
The other corporate partner funded projects are in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.
The project in The Bahamas is known as S.T.R.A.W., an annual leadership conference where “school age girls and young women can gather together in a forum to receive tips, tools, and leadership techniques needed to enhance their life skills.”
“The leadership conference reinforces education as the key to success, and encourages girls to learn more about themselves, their goals and their dreams,” PADF notes in a written description of the project. “The conference sessions range from general group discussions, to smaller intensive leadership lab breakout units and panel discussions. Participants include 6th grade, junior and senior high school girls and first year college students.”
The conference is organized by S.T.R.A.W. Inc. Center for Young Women, with headquarters at 307 Soldier Road, Nassau, with sponsorship from several corporate partners.
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