Guyana and several Caricom Member States dispatched a ship carrying 88 containers of humanitarian relief supplies to earthquake-hit Venezuela on Tuesday.

The vessel departed from the BK Wharf at Kingston, Georgetown, under the supervision of Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, who acted on behalf of President Dr Irfaan Ali.

The shipment includes food items, medical supplies and other essential equipment, along with 300 black water storage tanks and two pieces of heavy earth-moving equipment. The relief supplies were contributed by the Governments of Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, St Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, the local Private Sector, civil society organisations, citizens, and members of the Venezuelan community in Guyana.