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The Barbados Vagrants & Homeless Society

62A 1st Floor Tudor Street, Bridgetown | St Michael | | Barbados

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Contact Data

Phone

(246) 434-2480

Business hours

Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00

Institution

Type of organisation
Non-governamental organization
Year of foundation
2009
Institutional presentation
Direct beneficiaries
  • Homeless
Target population activities
  • General population
Objective of the centre/ services
To reintegrate vagrants and homeless persons into mainstream society by providing a holistic rehabilitative housing programme.
National coverage
Island-wide

Intervention framework

Intervention types
  • Prevention
  • Treatment
  • Social integration
  • Risk reduction
Intervention framework for Prevention
  • Community
  • Family
Intervention framework for Treatment
  • Outpatient/diurnal/outpatients clinic
Intervention framework for Social integration
  • Housing support
  • Employment support (writing applications/ opening bank accounts/providing references)
Intervention framework for Risk reduction
  • Interventions on massive public events
  • Condom distribution or information on HIV or STDs
  • Community based programs (network, social inclusion…)
  • Street approach programs
Activities
  • Awareness
  • After-care, social reintegration, halfway houses
Description of the main activities

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