What we do
At LEDA we facilitate and promotes specialized skill training, personal and sustainable development, participatory approaches to conserve biodiversity, enhance ecosystem goods and services, and enhance the livelihoods and wellbeing of the people in the community of Mayaro/ Guayaguayare and environs.
We place strong emphasis on discipline and effective work ethics, capacity building, partnerships, communication and advocacy to build awareness to the erosion of our mangroves and shore line in the Guayaguayare Bay Area. We work directly with a range of stakeholders in the energy alliance who have rights to, interests in, or formal or informal responsibilities for natural resources exploration to promoting and facilitating meaningful employment to the people of Mayaro/Guayaguayare and our surrounding communities. Other stakeholders include resource users and others living in rural communities, community-based organizations, donors and technical assistance organizations, and the private and corporates sector. LEDA work brings together individuals across sectors weather local or international, to build relationships and foster collaboration.
Over the previous five years (2016-2021), LEDA coordinated, managed and administered staffing opportunities and donations too the people of our community on behalf of Companies operating in Trinidad and Tobago. In the areas of biodiversity conservation we cleaned beaches and adopted a river, we promoted climate change adaptation and resilience, livelihood development based on the sustainable use of natural resources, organizational capacity building and hamper distributions. Currently we operate purely on goodwill and membership contributions, we can account for training and employing indirectly or directly upwards 500 youths throughout this tenure with a multi year funding LEDA is advocating that engaging us as an intermediary, for Staffing support, Specialize training grants and community relation responsibilities in the region. This draws on local knowledge, credibility and convening power to leverage additional support and to amplify our impacts .