#Nassau, October 16, 2019 – Bahamas – Donations continue to flow through The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) towards the relief efforts post Hurricane Dorian.
On Friday, October 11, 2019 NEMA received
cheques from the Central Bank of the Bahamas on behalf of its team members, and
of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago.
Present were Captain Stephen Russell,
Director of NEMA; John Rolle, Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas and
staff members.
Gevon Moss, Head of Human Resources, Training and Development at
the Central Bank shed light on the initiative.
“We firstly want to use this opportunity on behalf of the
Central Bank of The Bahamas and all of the team members to thank NEMA for the
work that it is doing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. We recognize the
complexity and levels of responses required, the work that you do isn’t easy,”
he said.
He noted that The Central Bank of The Bahamas recognizes its own
corporate responsibility and acknowledges its need to respond to and use its
influence in the recovery efforts.
“Secondly, we want to publicly thank the team members of the
Central Bank of The Bahamas who graciously responded to the Bank’s challenge to
match every dollar contributed, and today we are collectively able to present
to NEMA $76,160.
“Additionally, our colleagues at the Central Bank of Trinidad
and Tobago in a similar fashion, wanted to support the recovery efforts and
contributed $22,091.93 (USD), to support the efforts. Just for some
perspective. This works out to be almost $150,000 TT Dollars. We are happy to
make this presentation to NEMA on their behalf,” Mr. Moss said.
He added that the funds, along with funds from the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), which is another $100,000, would be effectively
used to bring help relief to the people of Abaco and Grand Bahama impacted by
the Category 5 storm.
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, The Central Bank
donated $250,000. Those funds were equally split between NEMA and The Bahamas
Red Cross.
Capt Russell said that the support
locally, regionally and internationally is “tremendous.”
Central Bank Governor Rolle thanked staff
members for their contributions. He encouraged banks and corporate entities to
continue to support ongoing hurricane relief efforts.
Photo Captions:Captain Stephen Russell, Director of NEMA accepts cheques from the Central Banks of The Bahamas, and of Trinidad and Tobago for Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. The presentation was made Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Central Bank of The Bahamas. Pictured from left are Tiffany Knowles, accountant, Bahamas Disaster Relief Fund; Captain Russell; and John Rolle, Governor, Central Bank of The Bahamas. A podium is Gevon Moss, Head of Human Resources, Training and Development, Central Bank of The Bahamas.
Insert: Captain Stephen Russell, Director of NEMA thanks the Central Banks of The Bahamas, and of Trinidad and Tobago for contributing towards the Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. A cheque presentation was made Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Central Bank of The Bahamas.
(PHOTOS/NEMA)