UN to launch funding appeal for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

United Nations, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) The UN is set to launch a funding appeal to support Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where ongoing volcanic explosions continue to disrupt life in the Caribbean island nation and nearby countries, Didier Trebucq, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Caribbean, said.

April 15, 2021
09:05

‘We are about to initiate the UN funding appeal and response plan to support the humanitarian response, but also the early recovery for the next six months’, he said, speaking via video link from Barbados.

‘This is a crisis that is going to last certainly more than six months in the sub-region, in Saint Vincent, and other islands.’

Mr. Trebucq said right now, water is ‘priority number one’, as service has shut down in many areas and supplies are being transported from sister Caribbean nations.

‘Priority number two is really about shelter management’, he continued, highlighting the need for cots and basic hygiene items.

Relatedly, UN agencies, in collaboration with the European Union, are also working to provide experts who will devise a plan for the clean-up of volcanic ash in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the other affected islands.

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