The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation has provided EC$ 1.1 Million Dollars through a partnership with UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, in support of the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ efforts to recover from the far reaching effects of the volcanic eruptions that rocked the island in April of this year.
The generous cash injection is part of the Agency’s commitment to combat poverty and promote sustainable human development and will be employed to accelerate the efforts of the UNDP Response and Recovery Programme, which has been developed in consultation with national institutions, recovery partners and the UNDP team in SVG.
Speaking in the response to the efforts and support provided to promote recovery, Ambassador Fernando Nugales, Spanish Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago noted that “this program will be key to get life back into the areas affected by the eruption”.
The explosive eruptions of the La Soufriere volcano in April of this year displaced over 20,000 people and worsened the already fragile socio-economic state caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
