Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute was formed as a charitable organisation back in 1998 to assist members and groups in depressed and often crime-ridden areas; to bring some measure of empowerment to marginalised women and children by facilitating the transference of a trade or skill; and to provide comfort and safety to our elderly and displaced children. Eighteen years later, T&T is caught in the grasp of social and criminal turmoil, with violent crime on the upswing and atrocities against our women and children at disturbingly high rates.