Annual report

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Emergency appeals, DREF and Anticipatory Action active in 2022
MDRBS003 Bahamas Hurricane Dorian (EA); MDRBZ007 Belize Tropical Storm Lisa (DREF); 
MDRLC005 Saint Lucia flash floods (DREF); MDRVC005 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 
surrounding countries, La Soufrière volcanic eruption; MDRTT002 Trinidad and Tobago floods 
(DREF); MDR42006 COVID-19 Outbreak, Americas (emergency appeal – all)
2022 progress includes
 
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Ten of 13 Caribbean National Societies signed the Environmental Charter
 
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Jamaica and Grenada are working with nature-based solutions to reduce disaster risks, adapt 
to and mitigating climate change – planting of trees and mangroves
 
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Through the Alert Hub Initiative, a gap analysis of Common Alerting Protocols was completed in 
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
and Trinidad and Tobago, which included a country overview and priority hazards, the legal 
framework, and policies in country for CAP dissemination, alert generation and dissemination, 
challenges, and opportunities for public alerting
 
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Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, and the Belize National Societies 
received stocks to ensure a minimum stock supply to service 100 families
 
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Enhanced Vulnerability Capacity Assessments and training sessions were conducted both in 
Saint Kitts and Nevis and Jamaica
 
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Logistics Capacity assessments were conducted in both Jamaica and Belize
Participating National Societies
American Red Cross*, Belize Red Cross Society*, British Red Cross*, Iraqi Red Crescent 
Society*, Italian Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross Society*, New Zealand Red Cross*, Norwegian 
Red Cross*, Red Cross Society of China*, Red Cross of Monaco*, Swedish Red Cross*, 
The Canadian Red Cross Society, French Red Cross, Turkish Red Crescent Society, The 
Netherlands Red Cross