Focus areas
Questions the Caribbean is asking right now.
Every issue has two sides: what communities feel on the ground, and what governments grapple with at the table. Here is where we work on both.
Explore the seven areasThe pressures, in numbers
Four figures behind the seven areas
The seven areas
On the ground, and at the table
Climate mobility & displacement
Homes, fields and fishing grounds are changing faster than people can adapt.
How to plan relocation fairly, protect land rights and keep communities together.
Migration, diaspora & brain drain
Nurses, teachers and young graduates leave; families live on remittances and video calls.
How to keep skills and engage the diaspora, without closing the door on mobility.
Heritage, memory & reparations
The slavery past is still present in family stories, place names, music and inequality.
How to commemorate, protect heritage and shape restorative justice, led by communities.
Language, culture & identity
People think, joke and pray in a Creole language that school and courts often ignore.
Whether and how to recognise Creole languages and use them in early education.
Health, care & community wellbeing
Diabetes, hypertension and childhood obesity touch almost every family.
How to change behaviour, retain health workers and replace lost partnerships at once.
Youth, education & safety
Experienced teachers are leaving, and in some neighbourhoods violence has become normal.
How to keep teachers, lift results and treat youth violence as a public-health issue.
Livelihoods, tourism & small-island economies
Fishers, farmers and small entrepreneurs feel squeezed by tourism, conservation rules and costs.
How to balance tourism, nature protection and local livelihoods, and make participation real.
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