Ladies and gentlemen, the vulnerability of the Caribbean States necessitates continuous investments in disaster risk reduction capacity and capability building if we are to retard or reverse the epidemic of hazard related losses we have experienced over the last decade. To this end, CDEMA wishes to acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Brazil in contributing to the convening of today's capacity building workshop for disaster risk management in the agricultural sector.

Community learns pre-disaster training can be the difference between life and death

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 — The American Red Cross is working with partner Red Cross societies in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to implement community disaster response training and, as one small community in St Lucia discovered, pre-disaster training can be the difference between life and death.

Summary: 42,068 Swiss francs were allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 15 October 2010 to support the Saint Lucia Red Cross (SLRC) in delivering assistance to 200 families, as well as replenishing disaster preparedness stocks.

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 - The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$15 million zero-interest credit to help Saint Lucia rehabilitate key infrastructure damaged by the passage of Hurricane Tomas and improve the island's capacity to manage disaster risk.

An estimated 20,000 people will directly benefit from the rehabilitation of damaged public infrastructure, while the entire population will be better prepared to confront future natural disasters.

"Natural disasters such as Hurricane

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, and in particular Article 72 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 of 14 May 2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, and in particular Articles 5.4 and 8 thereof;

Whereas:

(1) On October 30th 2010, Hurricane Tomas hit Saint Lucia with rain and winds of 150 km per hour;

(2) Approximately 35 000 people have

The project's objective is to support the recovery and reconstruction efforts of the Government of Saint Lucia in the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas. The project activities include: i) strengthening the Government's ability to analyze, assess, and integrate natural hazard and climate change risk reduction into national development policies and decision-making processes; and ii) rehabilitating damaged and vulnerable transport, health, and education infrastructure affected by the passage of Hurricane Tomas.

On December 23, 2010, at 10:00, Minister Ezechiel Joseph invited H. E. Tom Chou, Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to visit farms in La Guerre. A short ceremony was held at a farm. More than 30 people attended the occasion, including Hubert Emmanuel, Permanent

Wednesday 15 December 2010 - After trying to uncover damaged water mains buried beneath a 4-5 acre landslide in Mahaut, Micoud crews from the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) have decided to divert the pipes around the slide so residents can get water. Micoud is one of two major communities that have not seen a supply of water since Hurricane Tomas hit the island on October 30, 2010. Crews were continuing to lay pipes along the network today, Tuesday, December 14, 2010, a process they could not complete earlier due to bad weather and treacherous conditions

Tuesday 30 November 2010 - In a post Hurricane Tomas recovery update, the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) has revealed that it has been able to partially or fully restore a steady supply of potable water to several communities on the south-western and eastern regions of the country.

WASCO's Communications Consultant Mr Clinton Reynolds says amidst numerous challenges crews have moved to install six portable water tanks in the community of Micoud which has been without pipe-borne water since the passage of Hurricane Tomas one month ago.