His Excellency Charles Angelo Saverin (2013 - 2023)

Presentation Ceremony of the President's Charities Foundation

Remarks to be Delivered by His Excellency the President Charles A Savarin, DAH At the Presentation Ceremony of The President's Charities Foundation Cash Donations to Eleven (11) Charitable Organizations on Monday, 14th November 2016 State House Conference Centre

Good morning all. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to again welcome you to the State House Conference Centre for another President's Charities Foundation's Presentation Ceremony of Cash Donations in the form of cheques to eleven (11) charitable organizations. The President's Charities Foundation provides cash contributions to 17 charities on the island every year, from the proceeds of its annual fund raising dinner. The charities are:

Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities
St. Jerome's Ministry
Dominica Council on Ageing
REACH
House of Hope
Roseau Branch of the St. Vincent De Paul Society
Northern Branch of the St. Vincent De Paul Society
Roving Caregivers Programme
The Social Centre (Towards the St. Ann's Day Nursery)
Operation Youth Quake
Mahaut Senior Citizens Home
Grotto Home for the Homeless
Alpha Centre
Workshop for the Blind
Dominica Infirmary
The Northern District Home for the Aged Inc.
Care of the Elderly, Portsmouth

Today, eleven (11) of the seventeen (17) charitable organizations will receive cheques from the proceeds of the Thirteenth Annual Fundraising Dinner which took place on Saturday, 16th July 2016 at the Fort Young Hotel. The other six (6) charitable organizations will receive their cheques during my usual annual Christmas visits.

This year the gross receipts for the President's Charities Foundation Fund-Raising Dinner was $84,476.42. Total expenditure stood at $32,807.99 thus realizing a surplus of $51,668.43. From this surplus, $38,500.00 will be distributed among 17 charitable organizations; $5,000.00 has been forwarded to the Office of Disaster Management to go towards the Haiti relief effort; the balance will go towards the hosting of the President's Charities Foundation Annual Children's Christmas Party for disadvantaged children from ages 5 to 12, which will be held in the north eastern part of the island, and towards the re-establishment of the Reserve Fund which is set aside to respond to emergency situations.

Read the entire Presentation Ceremony of the President's Charities Foundation (PDF, 117 KB) address.

Posted 16/11/2016

Address to Dominicans Resident in St. Maarten/St. Martin

On the occasion of our 38th Anniversary of Independence, I bring you warmest greetings from the Nature Isle of the Caribbean, our beloved Dominica which, with its towering volcanic peaks and rushing rivers and waterfalls has had its trying times, but has also experienced the outpouring of God's blessings, grace and mercy.

2015 Christmas Message

My fellow Citizens and Residents of Dominica,
Christmas is that time of year when we look forward to sharing greetings and best wishes with one another. It is also a time when we share special moments with family and friends. But most importantly Christmas is the period when we commemorate the birth of the Christ Child, Jesus, who was sent into this world in fulfillment of the scriptures to atone for our sins and transgressions so as to reconcile us with God our Creator.

2015 Independence Message

Theme: "Rebuilding Dominica Together"

Fellow Dominicans,
As we celebrate the thirty-seventh year of our attainment of Independence we need to focus our attention on those members of our community who have suffered loss of family members, homes and property in that awful Tropical Storm Erika which inundated us with 13 inches of rain in six (6) hours on 27th August, 2015.

In the midst of all this, we need also to give thanks to Almighty God for life, health and strength and for His abundant love and mercy which he has bestowed on our beloved Nation, recognizing that the impact of Tropical Storm Erika could have been more catastrophic still.

Address on the Declaration of National Days of Mourning

Address Delivered by His Excellency Charles A. Savarin, D.A.H., President of the Commonwealth of Dominica on the Occasion of the Declaration of National Days of Mourning in the Wake of The Devastation Caused by Tropical Storm Erika Thursday, 3rd September 2015.