Veni Apwann

In 2001, Veni Apwann was born out of a need identified by a group of committed civil society stewards brought together to participate in a "Train the Trainers" workshop facilitated by the University of the West Indies, Institute of Business (now Arthur Lok Jack) and funded by the Community Development Fund. At the end of that meeting of minds, these leaders realised that though there were a number of initiatives focusing on building the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs), few were conceived, designed, facilitated or evaluated by people with practical experience in CSO management. So, they banned together and created VA as an innovative and participatory organisation to build the capacity of fellow CSOs. Over the years, we have worked to build capacity in over 500 CSOs.