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Thirty-nine years after the last eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), the Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF), and the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre (SRC) are continuing efforts to prepare communities closest to the volcano to handle potential risks.
Approximately fifteen local entrepreneurs here in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have commenced a one week training course in ‘Fruit Drying’ today, April 9th, 2018.
Stakeholders and members of the public are expected to convene at the Sandy Bay Government Primary School on 6th April, at 4:00 p.m. for the official launch of the Volcano-ready Communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Project, which aims to increase awareness of volcanic and multi hazard risk at the community level in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
A signing ceremony to restructure the Early Childhood Curriculum in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was held by officials of the Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation, Ecclesiastical Affairs, & Information, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development & Information Technology, and the Organisation of American States (OAS)/Development Cooperation Fund (DCF) project.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is positioning itself to developing more effective crime prevention strategies and policies based on data.