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The Sustainable Hydroponics Agricultural Program for young Entrepreneurs (S.H.A.P.E.) Pilot Project was implemented by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Community Oriented Policing Section – Central Division (Police Youth Club) and saw 37 Venezuelan migrants and at-risk local youths trained to develop skills in setting-up and using hydroponic systems and traditional, sustainable agricultural practices to harvest crops at a designated portion of land located at Brechin Castle, Rivulet Road, Couva. This was while engendering a community-based participatory approach, which aided in fostering social cohesion and integration of Venezuelan migrants and nationals of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as simultaneously empowered both women and men. S.H.A.P.E. is part of the Inclusive Cities, Communities of Solidarity project, an inter-agency initiative between UNHCR, IOM, UN-Habitat, funded by the European Union, which seeks to reduce the vulnerabilities of refugees and migrants and increase the resilience of host communities in six Latin American and Caribbean countries.
