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UK gives new volcano relief for St Vincent and the Grenadines
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UK will help provide food, water and other essentials, following volcanic eruption on St Vincent
Funding will help families meet their essential needs for three months
Contribution will go to World Food Programme, in response to UN appeal
The UK will give further support to provide food, clean water and other essential items, for an estimated 13,000 people affected by the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The new £550,000 ($695,000 USD) contribution takes the total UK funding to over £800,000 ($1m USD) since the eruption began on April 9th and will be delivered via the World Food Programme (WFP).
Pressures of the COVID-19 crisis prompted IDA to accelerate financing commitments last year and launch an early replenishment. This made for a moment of much-needed international solidarity in support of the poorest countries’ needs. Photo: World Bank
We are in a crisis a crisis that is touching all corners and crevices of life. Health, lives, livelihoods, and futures are on the line. The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are remarkably pronounced in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries.
It is in times like this that we urgently and desperately need demonstrations of solidarity and community support. Last week, we bore witness to such a moment of global solidarity during the launch of negotiations of the 20th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries. We saw representatives of developed and developing countries join forces with a focused, determined eye to the end goal: a green, inclusive, and re
English News and Press Release on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines about Contributions, Disaster Management, Epidemic, Volcano and more; published on 13 Apr 2021 by OECS and World Bank
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