African Export-Import Financial institution (Afreximbank) has responded to the devastation brought on by Hurricane Beryl, donating over half 1,000,000 US {dollars} to help catastrophe aid and rebuilding efforts throughout Caribbean nations that had been hard-hit.
Hurricane Beryl severely devastated the Grenadian islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique in addition to a number of islands in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, together with Union Island and Mayreau. It additionally impacted Saint Lucia and Barbados to a lesser extent.
Okechukwu Ihejirika, Appearing Chief Working Officer of Afreximbank Caribbean Workplace delivered a letter of solidarity from Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of Afreximbank, to the Prime Ministers of the 4 nations.
Within the letter, Prof. Oramah, identified that the impacted nations had been a part of the 11 Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nations that had been taking part in Afreximbank beneath a Partnership Treaty entered by, and between Afreximbank and CARICOM Member States. He added that it was solely vital for the Financial institution ‘to face with them at this tough time’.
“The information of the hurricane’s affect has deeply saddened us, and our ideas are with everybody affected by that devastating occasion. Nevertheless, the power and resilience of Caribbean folks is well-known; we’ve little question that these qualities will shine via throughout this tough interval,” mentioned President Oramah.
Apart from delivering on its commerce and improvement mandate, the Financial institution additionally takes proactive steps to assist nations cope with world local weather and well being emergencies, given the rising frequency and depth of local weather and well being disasters in Africa and the Caribbean.
