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• Yacht Mooring Project
  Under the Global Environmental Fund (GEF) project and with assistance from the Soufriere Marine Management Authority and Peace Corps Volunteer, Mr. Aaron Doll, the Laborie Development Foundation has installed five yacht moorings in the bay.  The goal of this project is to increase village tourism through yacht traffic.  The moorings will be managed by the Laborie Development Foundation and the Laborie Fishers and Consumers Cooperative.  Furthermore,  Laborie will have an exposé in a yachting magazine. 

• Seamoss Project
  Three persons have recently - September 2006 - started the cultivation of seamoss in the Laborie Bay. This brings to 4 the number of people producing seamoss here. The Laborie Development Foundation is providing technical assistance and support materials such as seamoss plants and rope. It will also assist in the search for markets for seamoss produced. 
   
• Water Quality Monitoring and Testing: participatory monitoring of water in the Laborie Bay is being done by eight volunteer secondary school students from Piaye Secondary School, under the guidance of Gevanie Polius, a former student who participated in the volunteer programme two years ago, and Alan Smith (marine biologist).  
  In October, in addition to testing the faecal coliform levels in the Laborie Bay, the students will also carry out similar tests in the ravines that drain into the Laborie Bay. Laborie is one of the few communities in St. Lucia where any water monitoring is being done.
  
• Water Quality Awareness Programme:
  Three young people - Clem Thomas, Alina Sadoo and Lydra Chicot - are currently engaging households from the Laborie village in discussions about water quality issues and ways in which sewage pollution can be reduced in Laborie. The project recognises that information sharing is a necessary component of educating residents and changing attitudes towards natural waterways, including ravines.  It is being undertaken with support and financing from the Sustainable Development Unit in the Ministry of Physical Development. The young educators-learners use data on the quality of the water in the Laborie bay generated by other students who participated in the Water Quality Monitoring and Testing Programme. The aim of the project is to increase awareness of these issues as a means of improving water quality in the Laborie Bay.
  
  The awareness programme started in June and will run until the middle of August, 2005. New information gathered will be shared with the community via the new notice boards that will be erected by this time.

• Local Governance and Capacity for Integrated Coastal Development in Laborie, Saint Lucia: this project seeks to develop and strengthen institutional arrangements, technologies and approaches to coastal development that optimize the contribution of coastal resources to social and economic development, through equitable and sustainable uses, and that provide effective and lasting solutions to the environmental problems faced by coastal communities in the Caribbean, especially those that stem from pollution.
   
• Linking Cultural Festivals to the Accommodation Sector in Laborie: this project aims to stimulate the development of small scale lodging for visitors to Laborie, and to contribute to their viability by attracting patrons through various festivals.
   
• Establishment of the Laborie Medical Assistance Fund: this Fund is being administered by the Laborie Development Foundation Inc. and is managed by a Committee of seven persons. It provides financial assistance to Laborians who need medical treatment and/or services. Donations from the Fund may be used for hospital related expenses, prescription drug expenses, fees for specialist medical attention, air fare and other expenses directly related to receiving such treatment.
  
  Residents of Laborie and other people will be encouraged to contribute to the Fund to supplement other fundraising activities.
   
• Rehabilitation of sports facilities in Laborie: following a request from the Laborie Village Council, the local Government whose responsibility it is to manage these facilities, the Laborie Development Foundation has started a process which should, ultimately, lead to the rehabilitation of sports facilities in Laborie, including Cross Over Field, the multi purpose court at Citrus Grove, the La Grace playing field and the Augier playing field.
   
• Documentation of the strategic planning process: the Laborie community undertook a three year strategic planning process from 1999 – 2002 and is currently seeking to document this in various mediums, including video, that will highlight various challenges and approaches to participatory community strategic planning. This has become essential in the face of the many requests from other communities around St. Lucia which have been requesting the assistance of the Foundation in undertaking similar strategies in and for their communities.