Trinidad
Field Facilitator
Trinidad and Tobago Urban Ministries
Outreach Activities In Trinidad & Tobago
- Vacation Bible school program
- Ministry to Muslims and Hindus
- Opportunities to witness in orphanages, school, and prisons
- Chance to minister to AIDS orphans
Ministry outreach locations
St. Helena, Piarco, Toco, and Port of Spain
Population
1,451,000; Annual growth rate of 1.9%
Peoples
Afro-Caribbean - 57.1%
- East Indian - 40.7%
- Euro-American - 0.9%
- Other - 1.3%
Languages
Official language is English.
Capital
Port-of-Spain: 300,000. Largest city: Port-of-Spain. Urbanization: 57%
Economy
Export earnings heavily dependent on oil, but the sharp fall in world prices has caused severe unemployment and economic decline. Unemployment is at 22%. Income/person $3,160 (15% of USA).
Location
Trinidad and Tobago are two islands just off the coast of Venezuela.
Politics
Independent from Britain in 1962 as a parliamentary democracy. The prolonged economic recession in the '80s provoked political and ethnic tensions culminating in an abortive coup by militant black Muslims in 1990. The political climate continues to be unsettled.
Religion
Freedom of religion.
- Protestant: 28%
- Roman Catholic: 29.9%
- Hindu: 24%
- Muslim: 5.9%
- Baha'i: 0.9%
- Non-religious/Other: 9.1%
