Sandals created history in Saint Lucia in February when it became the very first corporate institution on the island to establish an Early Childhood Learning and Development Center catering specifically to its team members. Initially, the center will cater for 60 infants between the ages of 3-5.
Team members will be able to apply and access the facilities of the center at a subsidized cost. The early childcare center will support team members who struggle to find a place to take care of their infants when they go to work and is in line with the company’s purpose that its team members are able to enjoy more prosperous and fulfilling lives, and its commitment to be the employer of choice in the Caribbean.
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WINSTON ANDERSON – MANAGING DIRECTOR, SAINT LUCIA, GRENADA $ ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES.
“Our team members come to work every day with huge smiles, taking care of our guests that come to our shores, and ensuring they leave with great memories. But the most important thing for them is their family, and our Exec Chairman cemented that in his thinking that as a company, the only we can become the employer of choice, the only way we can truly take care of people is creating loving families, creating fulfilling lives for the people that work with us.
That is the mission we are on, to create an environment where people are treated so well, not just those who work with us but their families, so that they will not want to go anywhere else at all.”
DR. ERNEST HILAIRE – DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF TOURISM, INVESTMENT, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, CULTURE AND INFORMATION.
“This is the first time it has ever been done, certainly in Saint Lucia to my knowledge, and maybe the entire Caribbean. Now, think about that, I mean why would Sandals do it? And I think Mr. Anderson gave us the answer, it’s about Sandals take care of its family, and its family includes its workers. Now that’s a very powerful concept, that they see you, the workers and by extension your families, as Sandals’ family, that they have a responsibility to take care of you the workers, and to take care of your children, and therefore solving some of our social challenges that we have in the country.”
SHAWN EDWARD – MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
“This really speaks to the impressive record in terms of how you have been able to honor your corporate social responsibilities in this country. It is not enough in 2024 for businesses or companies to be established and to look to maximize profit with absolutely no regard or care for the wider society. This investment here is yet another of the many instances where you have demonstrated that yes, you will go after the profit and look to improve your balance sheet, but equally important to you, in your programming as manager and as a lead tourism enterprise in the country, you have demonstrated that you are committed to the well-being of people of Saint Lucia. And so, on behalf of the Ministry of Education and by extension my colleagues in the cabinet, we want to thank you immensely.”
