The Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services awarded a one-off grant of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to The Rose Foundation, to support its La Brea Vulnerable Communities Micro-Enterprise Empowerment Programme 2026.

The grant was presented to Dr. Marcia Mc Clashie Belgrove, Executive Chairman and Anisa Oliviel, Executive Director of The Rose Foundation, by the Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services, the Honourable Vandana Mohit, on Thursday, 13th August, 2026, at the Ministry’s Head Office, St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain.

The five-week programme, scheduled to commence in September 2026, will target ten (10) vulnerable women and women-led households in La Brea and environs. Grant funding will support activities including entrepreneurship training, business formalisation, financial literacy, product development, branding, packaging and labelling, as well as assistance with establishing business bank accounts.