Who we are

Born from crisis.

The Samaritan Movement helps the most overlooked by restoring dignity, seeking justice, and breaking cycles of pain and violence. We transform communities through mental wellness campaigns, evidence-based healing, and culturally-rooted Caribbean toolkits

Will You Stop to help?

The Good Samaritan is a story that redefined community beyond boundaries of race, religion, or social status. Our neighbour is anyone in need whom we have the ability to help, regardless of who they are or where they come from. Join our movement and #BecomeASamaritan.

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Our Dedicated Team

Rev. Gerard McGlone S.J., Ph.D.

Chief Consultant

Darrion Narine

Program Manager

Shirley Tapin

Administration Lead

Matthew Pierre

Program Support

Expert community voices

Uniting experts in a wide range of fields including mental wellness, psychiatry, parenting, and child psychology to create mentally thriving regions.

Clinical Child Psychologist.

karen moore, Ph.d.

Dr Moore is a Clinical Child Psychologist and trauma specialist coordinating disaster mental health services for Caribbean children, adolescents, and families.

social work and care homes

Sr. Arlene Greenidge

Sister Arlene brings over 33 years of social work experience, pioneering the strengths-based STEPERS Model for trauma-informed child welfare and youth development in residential care.

BUSINESS EXECUTIVE & EPISCOPAL DELEGATE

ANNA MARIA GARCIA BROOKS

35+ years’ banking/business experience. Episcopal Delegate for Administration, Archdiocese Port of Spain. JMMB Bank director, International Women’s Forum VP, Love Movement chair.

SOCIAL WORK LECTURER

DR. KARENE-ANNE NATHANIEL-DE CAIRES

UWI lecturer, PhD Social Work. Former NACASSW President developing Caribbean social work education standards and ethics codes. Research focuses on professional education and pedagogy.

child psychologist

Dr Shaun Liverpool

Dr Liverpool is a Chartered Psychologist researching child and adolescent mental health, developing digital interventions for young people from marginalised communities.

parenting expert

barbara king

Barbara King is a Parent educator and founder of ParentingTT, with 20+ years training facilitators in community-based parenting programmes fostering equity and compassion.

CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST & SLEEP SPECIALIST

DR. STAFFORD MAVINGA PIERRE

Psychiatrist with expertise in child behavioural therapy and sleep medicine. Developed 25+ psychosocial rehabilitation programs, authored behavioural disorders manual for Catholic schools.

BUSINESS LEADER

NORMAN TANG

Pioneered Pi Caribbean establishment in Trinidad & Tobago in 1994. Former General Manager and Director at Sterling Drug International Limited, acquired by Bryden Group forming Bryden pi.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & THERAPIST

DR. SARAH SUBHAN

Founder of Family Tree Services providing trauma-informed creative therapies. Trained at Kennedy Krieger Institute, building Caribbean mental health clinicians through mentorship and teaching.

EDUCATOR & ENTREPRENEUR

RANDOLPH BOODHOO

Founder of Learn Smart TT with 17 years’ primary education experience. IMBA holder, Ministry of Education TV volunteer, Samaritan Movement Literacy and Numeracy Specialist.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & HUMANITARIAN

MATTHEW BATSON

Amethyst practice founder, Queen’s Young Leader Award 2017. LGBTQI+ safe-space program creator, UNICEF child-friendly spaces coordinator, 2024 Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity.

DEMOGRAPHER & POLICY CONSULTANT

TARESA BEST DOWNES

Central Statistical Office Demographer advising on census design. Episcopal Delegate for Youth, specialising in social demography, data management, and UNFPA collaboration on demographic trends.

Phd Researcher

Delta Wright

Delta Wright, a PhD student at Edge Hill University, researches crisis management in higher education to safeguard STEM education continuity in crisis-prone low-and middle-income contexts.

Educator

Maurice Inniss

Maurice Inniss is an agricultural educator with over two decades’ experience as Principal at St. Anthony’s College and Cunupia Secondary School, as well as a former Executive Committee Member of the Association of Principals in Trinidad and Tobago.

RESEARCHER & PHD CANDIDATE

DIONNE BREWSTER-PHILLIP

Psychology researcher with extensive nationwide project experience. Research interests include adolescent development, attachment theory, and crime’s societal impact in Trinidad and Tobago.

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

SHERRY ANN CELESTINE

35 years’ service, M.Ed Education Leadership. Bethlehem Boys RC Principal since 2008, NAPSPA Third Vice President, currently Port-of-Spain Principals Association President.