Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during a public memorial for Robert F. Kennedy at the 50th anniversary of his assassination at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, the United States.

Clinton promises aid for Caribbean reconstruction

January 30, 2019

Former US President Bill Clinton has said that rebuilding the Caribbean in the aftermath of the 2017 hurricanes will continue and his foundation will provide aid to those affected…reports Asian Lite News

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during a public memorial for Robert F. Kennedy at the 50th anniversary of his assassination at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, the United States.

“The challenges involved in reconstruction are not solved in a day or two,” he said during his inaugural speech at the first meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

He discussed the island’s recovery from the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean in September 2017.

The meeting was the third meeting of CGI’s Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery and sought to focus on recovery needs, especially in the territories of Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Dominica and the twin-island of Antigua and Barbuda.

“I’m happy to go where we’ve gone,” Clinton said of the aid offered that has been achieved through multi-organisations collaboration.

He added that much remained to be done and if there was one thing that Hurricane Maria made clear, it was that there was a need for more reliable sources of energy.

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