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  • Title: [The transparent village. The community and child rearing in Trinidad and Tobago].
    Author: Weber R.
    Journal: Desarro Base; 1994; 18(2):19-31. PubMed ID: 12290207.
    Abstract:
    This work describes the history and principles of the community development agency Service Volunteered for All (Servol) of Trinidad and Tobago. The founder, Father Gerard Pantin, a Catholic priest, began work with communities 23 years ago to overcome the problems of extreme poverty and hopelessness. Servol has established an island-wide network of 150 preschool centers and 40 adolescent training centers. The principles upon which Pantin founded his program included insistence on the inherent dignity of all participants. Servol programs appear to be dedicated primarily to preschool children and adolescents, but in fact they are oriented to parent and community education and to strengthening and assisting families. The preschool centers have come to resemble community centers, as they prepare children aged 3 to 5 to attend school in conditions of equality with middle class children. The adolescents displaced from public schools are equipped with technical training and knowledge of human relations they need to maintain stable employment. The knowledge gained from Servol's activities has gradually been combined into a unified force to repair the damage of a society in disintegration. The increased economic problems resulting from structural adjustment programs are being confronted in part through the parent outreach program, which seeks contacts with the poorest families. Recently UNESCO honored Servol as one of the 20 best popular education programs in the world.
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