October 6, 2023
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEMO TO HOST WEEK OF ACTIVITIES TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION OCTOBER 8-13, 2023
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) is collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Ministry of National Mobilisation etc., the Sustainable Development Unit, the Forestry Division, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society, the Ministry of Health and the World Food Programme (WFP) under the EnGenDER Project – “Designing and implementing behavioural change communication activities and targeted advocacy campaigns at the country level across the EnGenDER countries.”
As part of this collaboration a week of activities will be conducted in South Rivers during the period October 8-13, 2023, to observe International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction will be celebrated on October 13, 2023 under the theme “Fighting inequality for a resilient future.”
The main focus for this week of activities will be on behavioral change, with special emphasis on the vulnerable population. The activities for the week are scheduled as follows:
- Sunday October 8, 2023 - Church Service - New Life Prayer Tabernacle Church, South Rivers - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Monday October 9, 2023 - Social Media Blitz
- Monday October 9, 2023 – Community Meeting – South Rivers Methodist School – 5:30 p.m.
- Tuesday October 10, 2023 - Presentation - South Rivers Government School - 9:30 a.m.
- Wednesday October 11, 2023 – Vulnerable Population Caregiver Training - 11:00 a.m.
- Wednesday October 11, 2023 – School Safety Capacity Building - 9:30 a.m.
- Thursday October 12, 2023 – Vulnerable Population Home Visit - 1:30 p.m.
- Friday October 13, 2023 - Equipment Training and Resilience Fair – 10:00 a.m.
Residents of South Rivers and surrounding areas are invited to participate in these activities.
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Additional Information:
EnGenDER is the Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental
Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) Project, which is part of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP). The project currently has support from the Government of Canada. Since 2020, the EnGenDER project has been implementing initiatives in nine Caribbean countries to integrate gender equality and human-rights based approaches to strengthen disaster risk management and build resilience to the effects of climate change.