Mustique VERF response to relief needs
Mustique VERF volunteers on the road delivering relief supplies.
The Mustique Charitable Trust, the Mustique Charitable Foundation and the Mustique Company have come together in what they dubbed the Mustique Volcano Emergency Relief Fund (Mustique VERF), to harmonise a response to the need for relief occasioned by the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano.
In an immediate response, the combined effort set itself to raise US$1.5M within the first 24 hours.
In a structural sense, the assistance provided by Mustique VERF initiative would be forthcoming in two phases: immediate and long term.
With a budget of EC$2M, phase one, to be executed by the Mustique Company, will focus on immediate needs for displaced persons who are not in shelters, and will include but not limited to food and water supply, toiletries, medical supplies including face masks and baby food and supplies.