St Lucia Social Development Fund

The Saint Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF) is the amalgamation of the Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) and the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).

The Ministry of Social Transformation initiated the amalgamation in an effort to streamline the delivery of the services provided by the two agencies. As an amalgamated entity, the SSDF eliminates the duplication of effort and combines the resources of these two agencies in a single, strengthened, and coordinated manner to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the most marginalized persons and attai  ...