Team Antigua Island Girls Pledges EC$350,000 for Construction of Safe Haven for Girls

Team Antigua Island Girls has pledged EC$350,000 toward the construction of a multipurpose safe haven for girls. Minister of Social and Urban Transformation, the Hon. Rawdon Turner, met with the team and their manager at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday,

The project, under discussion since 2019, will house girls in conflict with the law alongside other vulnerable groups, including survivors of gender-based violence, under a single administrative structure with separate housing blocks.

“What we are trying to do is a multipurpose facility, so it is not [vulnerable] girls alone; what the vision is to have one central administrative unit with different branches that are isolated for girls in conflict, victim protection and others,” the Minister remarked. “I can promise you that construction will start over the summer.”

Turner specifically praised Team Antigua Island Girls for its continued commitment to the initiative, noting that the team would be offered a proposed seat on the facility’s governing board.