NODS responds to claims of removing names from a beneficiaries list for housing in Barbuda
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The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) is clearing the air regarding recent comments made about the list of persons benefiting from ongoing recovery projects in Barbuda following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
NODS has been accused of removing names from a beneficiaries list and Director Philmore Mullin believes this accusation is deliberate to remove responsibility from the guilty parties.
Mullin says there are two beneficiary select committees – one that deals with the European Union-funded project and the other that focuses on the Prince’s Foundation project. The Prince’s Foundation Committee is chaired by the Chairperson of the Barbuda Council, and is made up of a representative from NODS, a BPM member, an ALP Barbuda member, a Faith-based organization from Barbuda, and someone from the Prince’s Foundation usually takes part in the meetings. The EU Committee
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UNFPA donates 400 dignity kits to SVG
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UNFPA donates 400 dignity kits to SVG
Director of NEMO Michelle Forbes receiving dignity kits from Social Worker Barbara Charles of the Gender Affairs Division Social Share
Women and families who would be impacted by the increased activity of the La Soufrière Volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines, should it become explosive, will have access to 400 dignity kits that have been donated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Some of the contents of the Dignity kits
The United Nations Population Fund Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean has recently come to the assistance of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines through the pre-positioning and supply of dignity kits to the Gender Affairs Division and the Family Planning Unit within the Ministry of National Mobilisation, Social Development, Family, Gender Affairs, Youth, Housing and Informal Human Settlements and the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment respectively.