| CDERA and PAHO communication team visits Grenada
The lessons learnt from the experience of hurricane Ivan in Grenada is to be used to produce a video documentary. That’s according to Terry Ally, Public Education and Information Specialist at the Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency – CDERA. Ally says CDERA is looking at using the video documentary as a teaching tool in community disaster preparedness in other Caribbean States. He’ll be a leading an information gathering mission in Grenada tomorrow Sunday to start the preparations for the production. A television producer from Warm Water Productions of Barbados and PAHO’s Communications Consultant Clare Forrester are the two other members of the team. The communication teams will meet with NERO personnel and members of both government and private sector media organisations on Grenada.
Rotary Club Provides medical services
Scores of Grenadians today benefited from free medical clinic sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Doctors providing a variety of specialist service – were at the St. George’s Medical Station upstairs the Market Square and at the Grand Bras Medical station from ten this morning and continuing till four this afternoon. Among the areas were hypertension, dentistry, ophthalmology, and general health care. Tomorrow Sunday, the doctors will again be at the same venues – the St. George’s Medical Station and Grand Bras – to provide fee clinic for interested persons. It commences at ten in the morning.The Rotary Clubs of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have arranged these clinics in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, which ravaged Grenada on September 7. The objective is to assist persons who require medical attention.
Grenadian churches- no building but services are alive
Many Grenadians attending Saturday Church had use umbrellas to protect themselves from the morning and evening showers, which fell across Grenada today. Scores of churches throughout Grenada have either been destroyed or had the roofs knocked off by hurricane Ivan on September 7. These include the Roman Catholic Cathedral in St. George’s, the Anglican Church, which had their roofs wrecked and the Presbyterian, St. George’s Evangelical which were both destroyed. Since then the Roman Catholics have celebrated Sunday mass upstairs Purcell’s Lumber Yard in the heart of the city. Anglicans have remained in a small section of their wrecked church. Mass would be said tomorrow by Bishop Seon Goodridge.
Grenada prepares to resume school
Principals and teachers will have a series of meetings with Ministry of Education and Labour officials starting on Monday. They’ll be meeting with school officials in St Andrew’s and St Patrick’s on Monday morning and afternoon.Similar meetings will be held for school officials in St David’s, St John’s, St George’s, Carriacou and Petit Martinique towards the end of next week. Ministry officials will discuss plans and preparations for the re-opening of schools.
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