Rationale In the first quarter of 2014, One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) committed to supporting the establishment of a Cooperative Credit Union to empower residents of Eleuthera by promoting savings, shareholdings, financial services and counseling, and encouraging...
Rationale:Nearly 50% of seniors at public high schools in The Bahamas do not meet the requirements to graduate with a diploma, and are instead awarded leaving certificates which hold no value. A survey of one particular high school on Eleuthera revealed that 70% of...
Rationale:On the island of Eleuthera, there is a huge lack of training mechanisms and resources for potential and existing entrepreneurs. As a result of this deficiency, persons are unable to successfully start, maintain and sustain a business. Secondly, even...
Rationale:Statistics state that breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the Bahamas. The island of Eleuthera is no exception. According to Judith Hurley, M.D, Breast Cancer Unit, University of Miami, nearly 45% of Bahamian women who are...
Rationale:This pristine place of outstanding beauty is currently not protected and is being marketed as a potential site for gated development. This much-loved part of the island is in current danger of being ruined forever if it is not PROTECTED NOW.Lighthouse...
Rationale:According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), “The Bahamas is experiencing a shift in its epidemiologic patterns away from deaths due to communicable diseases and toward those caused by chronic non-communicable diseases, AIDS and AIDS-related...
