The Department of Environment (DOE) would like to congratulate the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and the Church of God of Prophecy on the successful completion of climate change adaptation upgrades to their buildings and the creation of community shelters.
These upgrades were made possible through support from the Adaptation Fund for the DOE’s project titled “An integrated approach to physical adaptation and community resilience in the Antigua and Barbuda Northwest McKinnon’s Watershed”, also known as the Adaptation Fund or AF Project.
Under the project the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church was awarded grant funding of EC $806,460.00 (US$300,000.00) with co-funding of EC$ 87,366.50 or US$32,500 from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Church of God of Prophecy was awarded grant funding of EC $403,230.00 (US $150,000.00) with co-funding of EC $35,753.06 or US$13,300.00 from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.
In addition to the creation of community shelters, the following upgrades were undertaken:
Church of God of Prophecy
- Reinforcement of existing structures
- Roof reinforcement
- Installation of a resilient solar renewable energy system, with battery system and a grid interactive inverter
- Strengthening of windows and doors
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Reinforcement of two existing structures
- Installation of wheelchair ramp
- Roof reinforcement
- Installation of resilient solar renewable energy system, with battery system and a grid interactive inverter
- Strengthening of windows and doors
- Construction of supplemental water catchment
- Installation of energy efficient air-conditioning units
To celebrate the completion of these climate change adaptation upgrades, the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will be holding an opening ceremony for their community shelter and diocesan home for the elderly on July 6th, 2022 at 5:30 pm.
Background Information
“An integrated approach to physical adaptation and community resilience in the Antigua and Barbuda Northwest McKinnon’s Watershed”, also known as the Adaptation Fund or AF Project, is focused on the high risk and populated watershed on the northwest coast of Antigua. The project area is vulnerable to climate change, undergoing urban expansion, and supports low income and lower middle-income families.
The project seeks to reduce vulnerability of the community, by increasing the ability of the watershed to handle extreme rainfall, while increasing the resilience of the built environment simultaneously to cope with the multiple stressors of climate change. This integrated approach will ensure that the community will be able to withstand projected climate change impacts while the ecosystems can accommodate increased rainfall. This project has three main components: 1) Upgrade urban drainage and waterways to meet projects climate change impacts 2) Revolving loans for homes in McKinnon’s watershed to meet new adaptation guidelines established in the building code and physical plan 3) Adaptation mainstreaming and capacity building in NGO’s and community groups to sustain project interventions.
For more information on this project please contact Ms. Christa-Joy Burton at 462-4625 or email [email protected]. You can also visit https://www.environment.gov.ag/projects-reports#An-integrated-approach-to-physical-adaptation-and-community-resilience-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda%E2%80%99s-northwest-McKinnon%E2%80%99s-watershed for more details.
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