St Vincent volcano evacuees resigned to life in shelters
Searchlight newspaper, SVG, for Newsday
From movie nights to exercise routines, each emergency shelter that hosts evacuees is different. And although the occupants can only be so comfortable in a communal setting away from home, they are making do in the shelters that house evacuees from the red zone around St Vincent s La Soufriere volcano.
The volcano began erupting on April 9, for the first time since 1979.
On May 12, no fewer than ten small children were running around in a small courtyard at the Brighton Methodist School, kicking and bouncing balls, while adults sat on benches nearby. It is said that over 30 children are staying at the shelter, most from Orange Hill, a northeastern village in the red hazard zone.
Food Centre SVG donates water to NEMO
Gailene Mofford (right), general manager at Food Centre SVG, hands over two 40 foot containers containing water to senior clerk Muwsa Muhammad, who
received them on behalf of NEMO Social Share
Food Centre SVG has joined the ranks of local businesses that are contributing to the volcano humanitarian relief efforts in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
On Thursday morning at the decommissioned ET Joshua Airport tarmac, Gailene Mofford, general manager at Food Centre SVG, handed over to the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), two 40 foot containers containing 2184 cases of water.
Collecting the water of behalf of NEMO, senior clerk Muwsa Muhammad, described the donation as significant.