UNICEF Eastern Caribbean's responses in emergencies
The challenge, The Caribbean is highly prone to natural disasters. Meteorologists predict that hurricanes, such as Irma and Maria that left a path of devastation across the eastern Caribbean in September 2017, will become the ‘new normal’. When hurricanes, natural disasters and emergencies strike, life is turned upside down. There is an extensive disruption…, The resources, The solution, Another critical area has been the implementation of Return to Happiness programmes, where children are given the space to explore any trauma they have experienced through the use of play, poetry, drama, songs and other creative activities. As of July 2018, some 17,000 children had benefitted and 1,500 facilitators have been trained. You’re trying…