GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has expressed gratitude to the President of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan, Ali, for providing relief supplies to his country following Hurricane Beryl.
While the shipment was offloaded on Thursday, Gonsalves highlighted that the island received food supplies, lumber, galvanized building materials, tools, gasoline generators, and other items.
“I am thrilled to see our Guyanese brothers and sisters who came on the vessel bringing the shipment of relief aid such as food and building materials. Guyana has been very generous. Guyana also has a strong relationship with Grenada. The Caribbean Community has come together quite well. We have had meetings already on the relief matters…We are moving with many advocacies in the world for assistance for the affected Caribbean countries,” Gonsalves said.
He also pointed out that Grenada, St Vi, and the Grenadines will soon receive another shipment of essential supplies from Guyana.
The category four hurricane recently landed in Carriacou, Grenada, and intensified into a category five storm.
Guyana’s swift response saw several essential items dispatched to the hurricane-affected Caribbean countries.
To aid in immediate recovery efforts following Hurricane Beryl, 50 ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will go to Grenada, St Vincent, and the Grenadines on Sunday under the leadership of Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Dale De Mendonca.
Based on an assessment, over 80 percent of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ agriculture sector has been impacted, a fact that should evoke empathy. Also, the rural communities in Jamaica have suffered the most.
Meanwhile, the situation was described as ‘horrific’ in Grenada since the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique have had their permanent and cash crops, as well as livestock, destroyed.
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