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The Arts and Humanities Research Council, United Kingdom, under the Translating Cultures/Care for the Future Innovation Awards on International Development, held a two-day workshop on Reading, Writing and Narrating Volcano Landscape & Hazard, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Organization, (NEMO) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF), Project, of the Caribbean Development Bank, hosted a two-day workshop on Effective Community Engagement at the Jewel’s Dunn’s River Beach Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica on 30th and 31st October.
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Seismic Research Centre, has recently accessed financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) under the Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund towards the implementation of the Volcano-Ready Community Project in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines.
Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has called for a closer working relationship with American Caribbean States (ACS), and other regional entities in combating challenges posed by natural disasters.
The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), announces the commencement of work on the slope stabilisation and road rehabilitation at Ginger Village, Belmont main road.