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Students, staff and supporters of the St. Winifred’s School in Pine Hill, St. Michael Barbados donate a cheque in the sum of BDS $5000.00 towards the ongoing relief and reconstruction efforts in the impacted islands of The Bahamas. The cheque was presented by students Hayley Croney and Aerin Hill to Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, CDEMA during general assembly at the school on Monday October 14, 2019. Both students were applauded for their initiative and kind contribution in designing custom bracelets, which were sold to the school community in efforts to raise funds for those impacted by Major Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas.
Read more: St. Winifred’s School donates to the relief efforts in the Bahamas post Hurricane Dorian
Lidra Remacka, regional consultant on Education in Emergencies for UNICEF shares key messaging on the importance of a participatory approach that includes children in the policy development process. She delivered remarks at the training on the Model Safe School Programme Toolkit and National Safe School Policy Consultation.
Danielle Nembhard, Project Manager with Environmental Solutions Limited, the consulting firm selected to deliver training on the Model Safe School Programme Toolkit, engages representatives from the education and planning sector during the training at the Public Service Union Conference Room in Roseau Dominica.
St. John’s, Antigua, September 18th, 2019 – Nineteen (19) participants from 12 local ministries and departments in Antigua & Barbuda benefitted from an Information and Data Management training workshop held at the National Office of Disaster Services ( NODS) from September 16-18, 2019.
The workshop, which is being implemented under the project “Strengthen integrated and cohesive preparedness capacity at a regional, national and community level in the Caribbean”, was facilitated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in collaboration with NODS.
