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    Over 1500 mattresses distributed by NEMO

    May 4, 2021Updated:May 4, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) is aware of statements circulating
    on social media in which accusations of the hoarding of bed mattresses have been leveled at the
    organization.


    This follows the visit by the Governor General Her Excellency Dame Susan Dougan to the NEMO Warehouse at Campden Park on Monday, 3rd May, 2021.

    During her visit, photographs of
    mattresses being stored at the warehouse were taken and disseminated by local media who had
    accompanied Her Excellency on her tour of the facility.

    This display has resulted in widespread
    social media allegations that NEMO is engaging in the hoarding of bed mattresses and supplies
    meant for evacuees throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
    NEMO categorically deny these allegations and present the facts as follows.


     Distribution of mattresses is an ongoing process.
     To date, some fifteen hundred (1500) mattresses have been delivered to the eighty-six (86)
    shelters that have been activated. Initially, cots were supplied, but most of these have now
    been replaced.
     Five hundred and fifty (550) mattresses were delivered to families over the past few days.
     A 40ft container of mattresses bought through the Ministry of Finance and Economic
    Planning was received on Friday, April 30, off loaded on Saturday, May 1 and delivered mainly to persons in private shelters.


     The mattresses seen in the photos being circulated with the Governor General in the
    background were received late on Saturday, May 1 and are single mattresses which are
    being distributed upon request.
     Today’s delivery of mattresses was hampered by the inclement weather but efforts to
    distribute mattresses to those in need continues in earnest.


    NEMO wishes to assure the public that it has no interest in withholding supplies necessary for the
    comfort of those who have been displaced due to the eruption of the La Soufriére Volcano. NEMO
    and its stakeholders will continue to coordinate the response to this national emergency in
    accordance with humanitarian principles.

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