UWI ‘ready to deploy’ for St Vincent’s aid
Article by April 15, 2021
Declaring it stands in full solidarity with the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the University of the West Indies said Wednesday it is ready to mobilize the full strength of its engineering, research, and humanitarian connections in response to La Soufriere volcanic eruptions.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Global Affairs and Principal of the UWI Open Campus, Dr Luz Longsworth, told an online forum to outline UWI’s response to the disaster that current and former UWI students from across the diaspora have already shown interest in donating funds and items towards the relief effort, with the university already setting up bank accounts both regionally and internationally to accept funds.
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Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (File photo)
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has reached out to Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, assuring that the university stands ready to mobilise any additional support needed in the wake of the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.
In a release, the university said the scientific experts of the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) have been deployed on the island since December 2020 when activity on the volcano was first detected. Over the past few months, scientific teams have been in rotation, providing ongoing monitoring and updates to Gonsalves, and working closely with the country’s National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) and offering the critical science data to help the government and its agencies in shaping public policy and response plans.
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