ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

ST VINCENT COMMUNITY RECOVERY PROJECT - 2021-2022

Following the eruption of La Soufriere Volcano in April of 2021, GER ³ mobilized a team to assist with the relief and recovery efforts. With funding from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, GER³ launched a community recovery project focused in the community of Sandy Bay - an historically marginalized community deep in the Red Zone that hosts the largest community of ethnic Garifuna people in the Caribbean. Through the community recovery project, GER ³ cleared ash and debris from over 60 homes and community areas using a cash-for-work model that provided temporary income to 62 indviduals. GER³ also rehabilitated 10 homes that were damaged by the eruption, and lead capacity building activities. An example of one of these lead capacity building activities was the organic composting workshop, which taught new skills to disaster-affected individuals.