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UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and CDEMA signed a MoU to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities.
United Nations Children's Fund - The Americas and Caribbean Regional Office
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A program to provide funds to purchase and install new water harvesting and storage equipment in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has proved successful.
Inter Press Service International Association
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This plan focused not only on Early Warning-specific messages, but also was created with the understanding that there are basic knowledge gaps around natural hazards and what to do in the event of a hazard.
Documents and publications
This article seeks to understand the interactions that contribute to volcanic risk during eruptions. It looks at social outcomes from eruptive activity,framed as impacts on wellbeing and access to livelihood security.
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A new project will improve the resilience and build the institutional capacity of health facilities among four members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
World Bank, the
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Once a community readiness project is compelte, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will be the first country in the Caribbean to hold a “Volcano-Ready” designation.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - government
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Five Caribbean countries are preparing for this year's hurricane season with improved localised early warning systems, supported by various IOs.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Volcanic ash is an excellent archetype of an ‘extensive hazard’. Ash fall occurs frequently and intermittently during volcanic eruptions, and populations in close proximity to persistently-active volcanoes report ash impacts and distribution that have


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