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Living Water organises covid19 vaccination days for migrants
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THE Living Water Community (LWC), through the Ministry for Migrants and Refugees, is organising a mass covid19 vaccination campaign on Sunday and Monday for the migrant and refugee community.
Flyers invited the refugee community were sent out detailing the process.
Vaccinations will take place at the Divali Nagar, Uriah Butler Highway, Endeavour, Chaguanas. Registrants will receive their first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine.
Several organisations in the Latin American community are supporting the drive and there. will be English-Spanish interpreters.
Refugees and migrants must present some form of identification such as: Foreign driver s licence, foreign passport, foreign identification or asylum card or a certificate from the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Photo L-R: Rochelle Nakhid of LWC, Chargé d’Affaires Shante Moore. Photo: US Embassy
The US Embassy has provided a vehicle to the Living Water Community to aid in its work with supporting Venezuelan refugees.
In a statement Wednesday, the US Embassy said the vehicle was granted through the Julia Taft Refugee Fund Grant, which provides non-governmental organisations with up to US$25,000 to quickly meet critical needs in refugee protection and assistance.
The US Embassy said this the second year in a row LWC has received the award, which they used to purchase a vehicle to assist Venezuelan refugees in the San Rafael area to become more self-sufficient.
Pictured left to right: Rochelle Nakhid of LWC, Chargé d’Affaires Shante Moore. Image courtesy US Embassy.
The Living Water Community (LWC) has received a major boost in its effort to help Venezuelan refugees after being awarded special grant funding from the United States Government.
For the second year in a row, the LWC is a recipient of a grant from the Julia Taft Refugee Fund, which provides non-governmental organizations with up to $25,000 USD to quickly meet critical needs in refugee protection and assistance.
An official statement from the US Embassy says the LWC used the grant to purchase a vehicle to assist Venezuelan refugees in the San Rafael area to become more self-sufficient.