 The OECS Commission, through its Eastern Caribbean Liaison Service, has defied all odds to continue expanding participation of OECS nationals in the Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, with over 1,000 OECS workers in 2020 contributing approximately EC$37 million in remittances. The first charter flight schedule to depart St. Vincent and the Grenadines on April 9 was delayed due to the eruption of the last two-three of volcano and a subsequent implementation of emergency security measures. Despite these difficulties, the OECS Commission has since mobilized three charter flights to move 318 OECS nationals to Canada, including 152 workers from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, many of whom are from communities in the Red Zone or Orange Zone, and have been staying in shelters since the volcanic eruption. Archer worker Nolan Joseph shares his experience. A friend of mine, Mom's, she asked me if I would like to take the opportunity to go abroad and pick apples and stuff. I just jumped at the opportunity, I told her yes and she did everything she could to help me through the application process and I just took it from there. It's been very kind of life-changing because I get to do more to help my family and I guess that is the whole embodiment of the program, to come on board and to get to change your life and help you to have a broader perspective of life and just to help your family and others. It would be a nice experience to just, in the end, have a comfortable life.