THE United States government has donated US$11 million to local NGOs and international organisations to help Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago, said a post on the social media platforms of the US Embassy on Thursday.
The post came after the Prime Minister told a post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday that he knew nothing of such a donation, but wished he did.
Dr Rowley himself was responding to a US Embassy statement last Monday which had criticised the Venezuelan government’s performance, and declared the US government the largest donor of humanitarian aid in the Venezuelan crisis.
The embassy statement said the US had donated US$1.2 billion since 2017, including over US$11 million to support TT’s efforts in helping Venezuelans in this country.
The embassy responded to Rowley’s remarks on Thursday by posting a list of 14 entities which had been given funds to help Venezuelan migrants and for covid19 assistance, totalling $11,440,016 for the period 2018-2020.
Aid to help migrants was given to: Democracy International: US$1.5 million Living Water Community: US$23,000 and US$25,000 Catholic Commission for Social Justice: $24,545 International Organisation for Migration (IOM): US$501,000 and US$600,000 Pan American Development Foundation: US$831,629 and US$1.209 million UN High Commissioner for Refugees: US$3 million and US$1.9 million UNICEF: US$600,000 and $50,000 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: US$100,000 UN Women: US$600,000. Covid19 assistance was given to IOM (US$250,000), UNICEF (US$135,000), TTDF Heliport Facility (US$88,692) and “Icacos/Cedros” (US$650).The post US donates US$11m to NGOs to help Venezuelan migrants appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
