9th July, 2025
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) will conduct a series of summer programs and community capacity building activities on four of the five main Grenadine Islands starting July 14, 2025 under the theme "Understand Your Hazards to Reduce Disasters".
This initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Emergency Management Organisation and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and the European Union under the Building the Resilience of CARIFORUM States to Disaster Risks and Climate Change Impacts (BRICS) project.
The NEMO summer initiatives are expected to boost awareness and knowledge on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in the Grenadines. The Summer Programme and Community Capacity Building Activities seeks to achieve three primary objectives:
(i) Increase awareness, public education, information and training in disaster management at the
community level
(ii) Improve general knowledge and skills on disaster-related concepts and issues for children aged
8 -13 years
(iii) Strengthen disaster management structures at the district or community level.
The summer program and community capacity building activities which are scheduled to begin on the 14th July, 2025 and conclude on August 8, 2025, will be hosted on each Grenadine Island as follows:
- Canouan, July 14 -18, 2025
- Union Island, July 21- 25, 2025
- Mayreau, July 28 – 31, 2025
- Bequia - August 4 -8, 2025
The NEMO summer program will address pertinent topics such as an introduction to the various hazards to which each island is exposed, emergency management concepts and basic emergency management skills and training that enhance preparedness and response at the individual, home, school and community level. Alternately, the community capacity building program seeks to strengthen disaster management frameworks in the Grenadine Islands, to prepare for and respond to emergencies, through the strengthening of District Disaster Committees (DDC) on Mayreau and Canouan.
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