Spin for St Vincent
The volcano ‘La Soufriere’ on St Vincent and the Grenadines erupted on 9th April with continued explosions in the weeks that followed.
The situation has become quite serious as toxic ash continued to be spewed into the air and is still settled on the ground. This ash is dangerous to health, damages farm lands, contaminates water supplies and causes infrastructural damage.
20,000 people have been displaced from their homes and are still in shelters or private residences away from the red zone.
The Spin for St Vincent Fundraiser hosted by White Yardie and Claira Hermet is raising funds to go towards two campaigns supporting grass roots movements responding to the disaster on the ground. The campaigns are run by volunteers and support local grass roots groups getting supplies immediately on the ground. They are also working on medium and longer term strategies to support the farmers who have lost their livelihoods and get children back into education.
1. SVG Disaster Relief Response
This campaign is made up of 3 groups who have co-ordinated to raise money through their combined networks.
@sv2g - a British/Vincentian Registered Charity
@hairounaff - a Vincentian free Film Festival
@mas_tropicale - a UK based hospitality development business
2. AC Store Campaign
@acstoreuk A UK / Vincentian based based superstore company who have set up a warehouse in St Vincent dedicated long term to supply medication, sanitary products, food and clothing.
Donations greatly received as well as raising awareness on the situation.
For transparency - this page has been set up by Beth Gallagher a Trustee of the British registered charity SV2G who has been coordinating efforts between the two campaigns. All money raised will be split equally between the two campaigns.
