Digicel, Press Release
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines – Friday 23rd April 2021 In a further move to support the urgent relief and recovery activities in St. Vincent & the Grenadines in light of the La Soufriere volcanic activity, Digicel has ensured that the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Authority (CDEMA) was hooked up and mobilised with a donation of 30 smartphones.
The smartphones come fully loaded with Digicel Prime Bundles featuring 222 GB of data - 12 GB any use data plus dedicated data for each of Digicel’s eight apps – plus 1000 Digicel minutes and 400 cross-network minutes.
CDEMA Acting Executive Director, Ms. Elizabeth Riley, said “CDEMA thanks Digicel for its generous contribution of mobile devices, which will enhance the work of the response teams on the ground. This kind of real-time partner support is critical during this crisis situation in coordinating humanitarian efforts for the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.””
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Kingstown (St Vincent and the Grenadines)/New York, 20 April 2021 – The United Nations has launched a $29.2 million global funding appeal to help those affected by the eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other impacted countries during what has been described as the country’s “midnight hour of need”.
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