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Hurricane recovery : Children to benefit from OECS-UNICEF “Return to Happiness Programme”

214 children from Barbuda received psycho social  assistance, after the trauma of hurricane Irma, through the Return to Happiness Programme implemented from October 2-7 by 17 education specialists. The Saint-lucian elegation of volunteers, who successfully completed the first mission, will extend their operations to other affected countries. The passage of two category…...

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UN to Give Dominica $3 Million for Hurricane Maria Recovery

“The damage caused by this storm is catastrophic. People need food, water, shelter, medications and life’s other necessities,” said a U.N. spokesperson. The United Nations has announced it will release around US$3 million to help Dominica recover from Hurricane Maria, which has left over 90 percent of Carribean island without…...

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CDB announces support for Dominica after Hurricane Maria

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has offered a grant to the Commonwealth of Dominica following the passage of Hurricane Maria, and is fast-tracking a grant for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). The Bank is making an Emergency Relief Grant of USD200,000 available to Dominica, which will assist with…...

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Guyana’s land space can serve as ‘gift’ to the Caribbean battered by hurricanes – President Granger

President David Granger speaking to the Guyanese media corps who are currently covering the United Nations General Assembly in New York News Roon, Guyana – Guyana’s vast landscape can serve as a “gift” to Caribbean islands devastated by recent hurricanes, President David Granger said today as he sought to get…...

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SCLAN pledges its support for hurricane ravaged countries

Chair of the  Spouses of the Caribbean Leaders Action Network (SCLAN), H.E. Kim Simplis Barrow, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Belize and Special Envoy for Women and Children in Belize extended deepest sympathy to the countries affected by the  recent  climatic events in the Caribbean and the US mainland.…...

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