On Saturday one hundred and six residents from eight different communities across Belize were certified as Community Emergence Response Team (CERT) members on by the Belize Red Cross. The ceremony marked the conclusion of a two year training within a USAID and American Red Cross funded project called ”Saving Lives in the Caribbean Through Preparedness” . The project was a collaboration between the Belize Red Cross and the National Emergency Management Organization, (NEMO). The training covered issues like search and rescue, psychosocial support for communities, emergency care, communications, vector control, and disease prevention, among others. Each team received much needed equipment to assist them in their response valued at some four thousand Belize dollars.
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