[MEDIA ALERT] Insuring the Livelihoods in Low Income Communities
Press invitation
As the rainy season approaches the OECS Commission and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) continue efforts to strengthen resilience in at-risk communities through flood mitigation initiatives and disaster prevention.
WHAT
The Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean Project (CRAIC) has been designed to provide microinsurance coverage to low-income individuals and help countries to better implement climate change adaptation. The Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP) is designed to help protect the livelihoods of vulnerable low-income individuals such as small farmers, tourism workers, fishers, market vendors and day labourers, by providing quick cash payouts following extreme weather events (high winds and heavy rainfall).
WHO
Participants include:
- OECS Social & Sustainable Development Division
- Representatives of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC)
- Representatives of the Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean Project (CRAIC)
- Malgretoute Community Action Trust
- Micoud Constituency Council
- Fishermen
- Vendors
- Tourism Workers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The media houses.
WHEN
April 26 at 5:00 PM.
WHERE
Micoud Secondary School
Saint-Lucia
MEDIA CONTACT
Doris Nol
media@oecs.org
+1758-285-7399