Help US forces foster peace and stability in Trinidad

This project is fully funded. Thank you!

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Spirit of America spent $2,080 on valuable AV equipment to support the rehabilitation program.

This project is fully funded. THANK YOU!

Trinidad and Tobago is a small, oil rich island nation located off the coast of Venezuela that, according to the New York Times and Trinidadian Officials, has contributed the greatest number of recruits and foreign fighters to ISIS per capita in the Western Hemisphere.

Trinidad has a population of 1.3 million people. Unfortunately, the region has been a breeding ground for criminal gangs and drug trafficking operations for decades. More recently, radical Islamic movements have also started to emerge here. The Associated Press has reported that up to 130 jihadists and their relatives have traveled from this small Caribbean island nation to join ISIS in Syria and the Middle East.

Our US partners on the ground are working to counter these violent extremists and criminal organizations and help bring peace and stability by influencing target audiences most vulnerable to radicalization.

Today, our US partners are working with a local nonprofit, Vision on Mission (VoM), the Trinidad Defense Forces, and the Ministry of Defense to bring development and stability into the region. VoM is dedicated to rehabilitating delinquent youth, socially marginalized persons, ex-inmates, and deportees back into society through outreach programs and education. However, VoM lacks the audio-visual equipment necessary to properly address classes that regularly number in excess of a hundred students.

New equipment such as a video projector, speakers, and a public address system will enable our US partners and their VoM counterparts to reach their objective: positively influencing vulnerable students and prison populations through their various courses and outreach initiatives.

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3033 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201

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No endorsement of Spirit of America by the US Department of Defense, Department of State, or US personnel is intended or implied.

Registered 501(c)(3). EIN: 20-1687786

“You don't have to wear a uniform to serve the nation.™” and “Patriotism without politics.™” are trademarked by Spirit of America.

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