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Lakaz Lespwar Caritas (Solitude)

Lakaz Lespwar (LKL) is dedicated to the comprehensive and integrated development of the Solitude community. Our mission encompasses a range of services designed to uplift and support community members. We provide a compassionate Listening Service, offering an attentive ear to the needs and concerns of individuals. Our Support Service offers guidance and assistance to help navigate challenges and improve overall well-being. Additionally, our Development Service focuses on fostering growth within the community through various initiatives and programmes aimed at enhancing the quality of life and creating new opportunities for all.

 

Accreditation Number with the National Social Inclusion Foundation: N/1029

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Services offered

Lakaz Lespwar Caritas (Solitude) is dedicated to supporting the Solitude community through a variety of services. Our offerings include:

  • Listening Service
  • Visits
  • Counselling services
  • Support, assistance and guidance
  • Orientation
  • Housing Fund
  • Emergency Aid
  • Education Fund
  • Training
  • Prevention
  • Academic assistance for students
  • Literacy Programmes
  • Breakfast and Lunch Service for school children
  • Early Childhood Centre (Centre Eveil)
  • Community Garden
  • Solidarity Clothing Shop
  • Food Shop
  • Extracurricular Activities.
  • Health Services through a volunteer professional nurse who visits elderly, sick, and disabled individuals to provide care
  • Microcredit Service to provide financial and advisory support for small entrepreneurs, including assistance with permits, marketing etc.
  • Life coaching to provide guidance to individuals achieve their personal and professional goals

 

Beneficiaries: Our services are aimed at extended or single-parent families with a household income between Rs 2,000 and Rs 9,000, as well as individuals aged 0 to 90 years, including pensioners. Since its inception, Lakaz Lespwar Caritas has directly benefited over 10,000 people in 12 years and indirectly benefited over 30,000 people. As of January 2022, there were 125 direct beneficiaries (about 30 in the early childhood centre, 12 in the garden, 75 in the shop, 24 receiving counselling, and life coaching services) and approximately 400 indirect beneficiaries.

History

Lakaz Lespwar (LKL) is located in Solitude, near Triolet, in the north of the island. It was inaugurated in October 2010. The organisation's objectives are to alleviate poverty through various development and community projects.

 

In 2008, seventy-five families from different poverty pockets were provided with homes in the NHDC Résidence Solitaire complex in Solitude. These families previously lived in very difficult conditions, with a single 12x20 room for 4 to 6 people, lacking privacy and adequate space for children to study.

 

In 2009, a small group of Caritas volunteers, after consulting with parents through several open meetings and door-to-door visits, realised the urgent need for a safe and communal place where the community could benefit from activities such as sports, training projects, learning, and budget planning. Thus, LKL began with the listening service and the breakfast project.

 

Key Milestones:

  • 2010: Inauguration of the Lakaz Lespwar Centre.
  • 2012: Establishment of the community garden.
  • 2013: Opening of the clothing shop.
  • 2015: Launch of the food shop and the personal development programme.
  • 2016: A psychologist started visiting the centre once a week.
  • 2019: Introduction of a weekly listening service.
  • 2021: A life coach began helping beneficiaries achieve their projects/goals. Additionally, a health service was established, including a volunteer nurse visiting the centre twice a week and making home visits to bedridden individuals, supported by a volunteer doctor who offers advice when needed, and three women who assist.

 

Lakaz Lespwar Caritas continues to grow and adapt to the needs of the Solitude community, providing essential services and support to improve the quality of life for its residents.

Objectives
  • To develop holistic services for the reintegration and resettlement of the residents of Résidence Solitaire and Solitude.
  • To support families and individuals in their personal and professional development.
  • To provide a welcoming and secure place for the support and development of young people.
Main achievements
  • Training Centre: The LKL Training Centre accommodates about fifty people daily across various services.
  • Community Garden: Over six years, 150 people have benefited, with 134 now employed.
  • Early Childhood Centre: For children aged 2-3 years, the Centre has supported around 100 children over four years.
  • Food Shop Project: 48 families have benefited from this initiative.
  • Personal Development Project: Various programmes aimed at enhancing personal growth and skills.
Sources of funding

Lakaz Lespwar Caritas (Solitude) is supported by a mix of sources to fund its diverse initiatives and maintain its annual budget of Rs 2.1 million:

  • Fondation Ciel Nouveau Regard
  • CSR from the Terra Group
  • Fundraising Activities
  • Individual Donations
  • In-kind Donations

 

These sources ensure the continued operation and expansion of our services, allowing us to make a meaningful impact in the community.