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I<\/span>n the wake of the 2017 hurricane season the United Nations migration agency has been supporting local tradespeople in Dominica with safe construction skills to repair the damage and create conditions for a full recovery. A main knock-on effect is keeping locals from emigrating to other nearby nations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One of the first beneficiaries to have her house repaired by local construction workers trained by the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) is 31-year-old Tessa Williams, a mother of three, whose eldest child is in a wheelchair and youngest still an infant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this house, we have ensured that Tessa and her children have a safe home,\u201d said Jan-Willem Wegdam, IOM\u2019s team leader in Dominica. \u201cThe community sees there is actually something happening and we have completed the training of our carpenters on safe construction skills,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not only about having a roof over their heads but about creating the conditions for a full recovery after a huge disaster. Rebuilding houses is also helping address some of the tensions in the community resulting from prolonged stay in makeshift dwellings or living in close coexistence with relatives or friends.<\/p>\n

The work is also having another impact: it is keeping many people from migrating to neighbouring countries in search of better opportunities after losing their homes and means of livelihood in the aftermath of the hurricane.<\/p>\n

This is an extract from an article first published on the St Kitts and Nevis Observer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For regular updates on the restoration of Dominica’s tourism sector, visit the Dominica Update Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Housebuilding work keeps people from migrating to neighbouring countries in search of better opportunities after losing their homes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[479],"yoast_head":"\nUN Teams helping Dominica rebuild safe, lasting structures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Housebuilding work keeps people from migrating to neighbouring countries in search of better opportunities after losing their homes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/un-teams-helping-dominica-rebuild-safe-lasting-structures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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