One Year After Hurricane Beryl: A Journey of Survival and Recovery in the Southern Grenadines
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“We Survived by Standing Together”
Canouan resident, Brad Phillips, recounting his Beryl Experience, as (at left) UN Women project Coordination Analyst Rhema Lewis and other UN officers listen intently during a during a recent monitoring mission.
Photo: © RCO/LaFleur Quammie
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - On July 1st, communities across St. Vincent and the Grenadines, particularly in the Southern Grenadines, marked one year since Hurricane Beryl made landfall, unleashing catastrophic winds and widespread destruction.
While rebuilding continues in the Southern Grenadines, the hardest-hit area, the past year has served to reveal the strength, solidarity, and resilience of its people.
Coordinated UN Response from Day One
From the earliest days of the emergency, the United Nations (UN) working through its Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) for the Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) played a role in supporting the nationally led response in close collaboration with Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and other regional and international partners.
Together with government and civil society partners, UN agencies including WFP, IOM, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, FAO, PAHO and UN Women mobilised to provide immediate humanitarian relief and long-term recovery support.
This story was originally published on the United Nations Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean website, read more here: https://easterncaribbean.un.org/en/297570-one-year-after-hurricane-beryl-journey-survival-and-recovery-southern-grenadines