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As the Caribbean enters hurricane season, preparedness is more than a precaution—it's a lifeline.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on 28 October as a Category 5 storm, causing widespread damage before continuing its path across Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Since the start of the year, Lena Bock has swapped her usual desk as Partnerships Officer for the Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) for the beautiful—but busy—Barbados, working from the World Food Programme’s Multi-Country Office (MCO) as an ETC Preparedness Officer (EPO).
The World Food Programme (WFP), through its Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) in Barbados, is enhancing Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) preparedness across 22 Caribbean nations.
Stable telecommunications networks are essential in conflict, crisis, or disaster.