{"id":119724,"date":"2021-04-21T15:48:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119724"},"modified":"2021-04-21T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:48:33","slug":"un-seeks-nearly-us30-million-in-volcano-aid-for-st-vincent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119724","title":{"rendered":"UN seeks nearly US$30 million in volcano aid for St Vincent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/stock.rtl.lu\/rtl\/768\/rtl2008.lu\/nt\/p\/2021\/04\/20\/00\/1e833c0e2b727b6b3b6120ecaa535ac9.jpeg\" alt=\"RTL\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United Nations launched an appeal for donations of more than US$29 million to help Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following several devastating volcanic eruptions that have turned the landscape of the Caribbean nation &#8220;apocalyptic&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The La Soufriere volcano erupted for the first time in 40 years on Apr\u00a09. Eruptions have continued to occur daily, with ash clouds covering the country and reaching surrounding islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ash, mixed with recent rains, have turned the north of the island &#8220;apocalyptic and desolated,&#8221; Didier Trebucq, UN coordinator for Barbados and eastern Caribbean countries, said Tuesday after two days visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the tiny nation needed US$29.2 million in aid from the UN appeal fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN has already released US$1 million in emergency funding but &#8220;much more is needed&#8221; to supply residents with food, water and shelter, Trebucq said during a joint press conference with Saint Vincent&#8217;s prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premier noted that the country was already struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut its borders, depriving it of important tourist income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are in a dire situation. We really need help,&#8221; said Gonsalves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eruptions have not killed anyone but nearly one fifth of the country&#8217;s 110,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have come at a precarious time with the Atlantic hurricane season due to start in six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the smallest state ever to sit on the UN Security Council, where its two-year term as a non-permanent member ends in December. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United Nations launched an appeal for donations of more than US$29 million to help Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following several devastating volcanic eruptions that have turned the landscape of the Caribbean nation &#8220;apocalyptic&#8221;. The La Soufriere volcano erupted for the first time in 40 years on Apr\u00a09. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}