Pinelands Creative Workshop (PCW), founded in 1978, is a Barbados-based, social enterprise and non-profit organization focused on community empowerment and social equity. PCW drives grassroots development, youth empowerment, and economic self-sufficiency by leveraging cultural arts and vocational education.
Main Activities:
Cultural Preservation: Delivers afro-caribbean folk traditional dance, drumming, wire sculpting, and carnival arts instruction.
Youth & Vocational Training: Hosts Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) courses, career fairs, and youth consultations.
Community Resilience: Facilitates disaster risk reduction, GIS hazard mapping, and local entrepreneurship incubators.
Year of accreditation: 2026
Main domain(s) of the ngo’s activities: Oral traditions and expressions, Performing arts, Traditional craftsmanship
Main safeguarding measures: a) identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making), b) preservation, protection, d) transmission, (non-) formal education, e) revitalization
Main country where the NGO works:Barbados, English speaking Caribbean
