Welcome to Integrated Health Outreach

We are committed to improving the safety and well-being of women and girls by combatting gender-based violence (GBV) through coalition building, awareness raising, and public advocacy. In Antigua and Barbuda, IHO launched the annual GBV Awareness March on International Women’s Day, now a growing national movement for justice and solidarity. Beyond advocacy, IHO is working to establish the country’s first purpose-built domestic violence shelter for women, sustained by a women-led social enterprise in beekeeping and agro-processing. We also engage young people through afterschool programmes that promote respect, equality, and non-violence.

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• Project: Advancing Gender Justice Across the Caribbean. Donor: Global Affairs Canada/Equality Fund—Caribbean Project; 2020 to 2026.
• Project: Strengthening Climate Justice. Donor: Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF); 2022-2025.
• Project: Reducing violence against women and girls through coalition-building in Antigua and Barbuda. Donor: UN Women MCO – Caribbean; January 2022-2023.
• Project: Center for Orientation and Integral Research (COIN). Donor: Reducing socio-cultural attitudes that lead to Gender-based Violence; June 2022-May 2023.

We aim to create opportunities for women through sustainable livelihoods. Women who have benefitted from our beekeepers training have gone on to create successful and sustainable businesses, better sustaining their families and supporting better social outcomes for entire communities. Women farmers in our AgroTech project have gained access to technology to support better record keeping and farm management. In one of our earlier projects, we delivered skills training to vulnerable teenage mothers. IHO is committed to advancing ender equality through women's empowerment.

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• Project: Strengthening regional climate resilience and supporting green economic recovery through ecosystem-based adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica. Donor: Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF); July 2023-June 2026.
• Project: Advancing Gender Justice Across the Caribbean. Donor: Global Affairs Canada/Equality Fund—Caribbean Project; 2020 to 2026.
• Project: Strengthening Climate Justice. Donor: Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF); 2022-2025.
• Project: Inter-American Foundation (IAF). Donor: Strengthening the Capacity of Women Farmers in Six Rural Areas in Antigua and Barbuda: A Community-Based Approach; July 2021-2023.
• Project: Empowering Women Economically Through Climate Smart Sustainable Livelihoods Donor: Direct Aid Program (Australia); March 2021-January 2022.
• Project: Empowering Women Economically Through Climate Smart Sustainable Livelihoods.   Donor: Caribbean (NGO) Policy Development Centre (CPDC); October 2021-June 2022.
• Project: Mother-Care: Empowering marginalised teenage mothers in poor communities in Antigua and Barbuda with positive parenting, mental health and skills-based training programmes to improve economic and social-emotional wellbeing and reduce the harmful effects of toxic stress on their children’s developing brains. Donor: Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI); September 2018-February 2019.

Across all our projects—spanning biodiversity conservation, ecosystem-based adaptation, waste management, awareness building, and collaborative social accountability—IHO is strengthening resilience to climate change through partnerships with state agencies, regional organisations, and local communities. We support the sustainable management of coastal and marine ecosystems that serve as natural buffers against erosion, storm surge, and sea level rise, while sustaining livelihoods in tourism and fisheries. By promoting accountability, environmental stewardship, and sustainable livelihood strategies, we are helping to build a more resilient and ecologically balanced Caribbean.

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• Project: Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)/Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS). Donor: Socially Inclusive Strengthening of Climate Resilient Infrastructure and Action in Caribbean SIDS: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia; November 2025-October 2027.
• Project: Strengthening regional climate resilience and supporting green economic recovery through ecosystem-based adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica. Donor: Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF); July 2023-June 2026.
• Project: Collaborative Social Accountability for Improved Governance in Protecting Biodiversity Hotspots Project. Donor: World Bank Global Partnership for Social Accountability/Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (WB/CEPF). June 2022-August 2025. 
• Project: Advancing Gender Justice Across the Caribbean. Donor: Global Affairs Canada/Equality Fund—Caribbean Project; 2020 to 2026.
• Project: Strengthening Climate Justice. Donor: Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF); 2022-2025.
• Project: Inter-American Foundation (IAF). Donor: Strengthening the Capacity of Women Farmers in Six Rural Areas in Antigua and Barbuda: A Community-Based Approach; July 2021-2023.
• Project: Testing of Guidance on Development of Plastic Waste Inventories and Testing the Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic Waste. Donor: he Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean); January 2024-2025.
• Project: Design and implementation Behavioural Change Communication Activities leveraging the disaster recovery tools and information across the EnGender Pilot Project Initiatives in five (5) OECS Countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). Donor: UNDP-EnGender; May 2023-June 2024.
• Project: Market Research to Support in Preparation for Minamata COP4 to Phase-out Mercury-based Fluorescent Lighting. Donor: Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC); October 2021-April 2023.
• Project: Strengthening and Building resilience to cope with Natural Disasters. Donor: TIDES; January-December 2023.
• Project: The contribution towards implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and Phasing out and disposing of mercury added products in Antigua and Barbuda. Donor: UNDP; September 2019-2021.
• Project: Consultancy for Environmental, Social and Gender Assessments for the Development of the Mainstreaming Gender Responsive Financial Resilience to Climate Change in Antigua and Barbuda Project. Donor: Asesoramiento Ambiental Estratégico (“AAE”); February-April 2021.
• Project: Hosting of virtual stakeholder workshops for the Plastic Waste Free Islands project. Donor: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); June-August 2021.

We are passionate about an equitable and just response to climate change that takes the unique vulnerabilities being faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) into account. SIDS are found in the Caribbean; the Pacific; and the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS). IHO participates in SIDS civil society organisation (CSO) advocacy on climate change, pressing for a more meaningful response and recognition of SIDS complex vulnerabilities. 

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• Project: Advancing Gender Justice Across the Caribbean. Donor: Global Affairs Canada/Equality Fund—Caribbean Project; 2020 to 2026.
• Project: Strengthening Climate Justice. Donor: Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF); 2022-2025.
• Project: Supporting SIDS Women. Donor: Global Fund for Women GFW); May 2024