29th October, 2024
The Government of India has donated approximately US$ 1 million (US$1,000,000) in hurricane relief supplies to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
Speaking on Tuesday, 29th October at a handing over ceremony held at the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Old Montrose, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, H.E. Mr. Subhash Prasad Gupta, High Commissioner of India to SVG, said the first shipment of relief supplies, totalling 65 tonnes, have arrived in SVG, with another shipment expected to arrive soon.
October 22, 2024
On Monday, October 21, 2024, Edwin D. Layne & Sons donated EC$20,000.00 to the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), to help support the 572 displaced persons who are still being housed in public and informal (unlisted) shelters, following the impact of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, this year.
Raphael Barbour, Sales and Marketing Executive at Edwin D. Layne & Sons, presented the EC$20k cheque to Michelle Forbes, Director at NEMO, in the presence of Kenson Stoddard, Deputy Director at NEMO, and other members of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) located at the NEMO headquarters, Old Montrose, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
17th October, 2024
The benefits of rainfall data captured by rain gauges installed at water catchments and other strategic areas above the foothills of the La Soufriere volcano featured during discussions at a Lahar Modelling Workshop, held earlier today, (17th October, 2024), at the Ministry of National Security Conference Room.
The workshop was hosted by the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre (SRC) and the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
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