USAID providing US$100,000 relief to St Vincent

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.