Rose Hall Cultural Development Organization
Building sustainable community, spreading art, culture, and heritage.
What We Do
Rose Hall Cultural and Development Organization (RHCDO) is very active locally in many and varied projects.
Cultural Education
RHCDO organizes drumming workshops where people can learn how to play and build their own drum. They welcome every persons who is willing to discovered the local History.
RHCDO love to share our passion through dance workshop( Maypole, Quadrill and African dance) where they spread their knowledge of rich heritage ( garifuna heritage, slavery...)
The organization also educate local and visitors about the benefits and use of local herbs and all different way of healthy healing.
The group worked together with the Social invesment Fund (SIF) to rehabilitate the Rose Hall playing field, bought uniforms and equipments for the football, cricket and netball teams. They are registered as local sport group
Cultural Heritage
RHCDO is concerned to reach and inspired local and international people they already share their passion to diversify places: St Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and Denmark.
The Group organize spectacular hike under the Moonlight through the Rose Hall natural promedade to Chateaubelair (neighbour village).
Since 2008, each year in March, RHCDO prepare their own Cultural Festival call" Rose Hall Culture Fest". In SVG March is the National Heroes celebrations. People from St Vincent (SVG) come together at Rose Hall to see and enjoy local and international artist ( dance, sports competitions, banana competition, donkey race, local music and DJ...).
Over the year at Christmas time, the group is participating in the Countries National Lightning up competition. They beautify the village with lights and design made of recycling, natural and local materials like bamboo.
Sustainable Tourism and Community Development
To minimize the impact of humans on the places they visit, Rose Hall Cultural and Development Organization encourage protection of both cultural heritage and the environment and provide long-term, socially just economic opportunities for local residents.
Together In partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO), RHCDO developed a sustainable livelihood project plan in 2008,currently they are at the phase one (get back the river activities where people come together as it was in the past).
Environmental Protection
Rose Hall is a farming village, it's very important for RHCDO to respect the nature and environment.
RHCDO educate farmers to grow organic food, create cooperatives and diversify their cultures. Rose Hall aim for a self- sustainable living.
The group gave 165 fruits trees to the Primary School in Rose Hall to spread information about farming and raising awareness to the children.