The U.S. Agency for International Development is providing an immediate US$100,000 in disaster aid for people affected by violent eruptions of La Soufrière Volcano on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
This assistance follows support USAID has already provided to the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross to assess humanitarian needs.
USAID in a release yesterday said that it is working with the St Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross to assess humanitarian needs and provide immediate help to evacuees, including thousands of people in emergency evacuation shelters.
“Disaster experts from USAID are on the ground in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, working in close coordination with local and regional disaster response authorities and organizations, including the local government’s NEMO, which is leading the evacuation operations”, the release said.
In addition, the USAID–USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) is continuing to help the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre to monitor the volcano, which may continue erupting for an unknown period.
