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St. Vincent and the Grenadines is receiving funding from the British Government, to assist in facilitating the ongoing monitoring of La Soufriere Volcano
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is receiving funding from the British Government, to assist in facilitating the ongoing monitoring of La Soufriere Volcano.
51 thousand pounds has been approved to cover the cost of a rotary helicopter aircraft which will be used for the continued monitoring of the volcanic activity at la Soufriere.
The funding is being provided by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, through the Co-ordinating Unit of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
(CDEMA), Press Release
Bridgetown, Barbados January 12, 2021 (CDEMA) – The CDEMA Coordinating Unit has received funding from the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK FCDO) in the amount of £51,000 through the Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘UK Support for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Response Teams programme’. The funds will cover the cost of a rotary helicopter aircraft, which will be used to support access to sampling of the extrusive materials, air lifting equipment to the flanks of the volcano, surveillance/reconnaissance to analyse changes in the volcano and other relevant support to the monitoring of the volcanic activity.