First Region 7 DDSA team meets with REO

The Detailed Damage Sector Analysis (DDSA) team for Lower Mazaruni, Region 7 today met with the Regional Executive Office of that Region. The team is one of two teams that will assess Region 7, which has been hard hit by the current floods. The DDSA team comprises of multiple stakeholders based on an agreement between the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC). This team will examine households and mining camps in that part of the Region.

This team is expected to spend at least five days moving through the affected communities, after which a detailed report will be prepared.