RELIEF CONSTANT AS NEEDS CHANGE
The Salvation Army
Caribbean Territory
Media Contact: Mike Michels, Captain
876-929-6190 office phone
876-881-5468 cell phone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 1, 2019
RELIEF CONSTANT AS NEEDS CHANGE
The Salvation Army is partnering with NEMA and other agencies to get
help where it is needed as it is needed
Nassau, The Bahamas
The Salvation Army continues to be “a cup of cool water” in meeting the needs of evacuees and persons beginning to rebuild their lives as they return home. Even as the needs and responses shift, The Salvation Army, in partnership with NEMA and other relief agencies, continues to assess and evaluate where they can continue to help best.
As of Sunday, September 29 The Salvation Army Bahamas hurricane response team has distributed 510 pallets of relief goods (water, food, hygiene supplies, baby items). In Freeport, 5,688 individuals have been served with food parcels, water, and nearly 5000 articles of clothing. In Nassau 473 individuals have been served food parcels and clothing. The shelters have begun closing as persons have moved out to return to their home islands or to find more permanent housing. The Salvation Army in Nassau closed its temporary emergency shelter but is still sheltering 7 evacuees at its permanent Grants Town shelter and continues to provide them with cooked meals on a daily basis. The Salvation Army has also distributed over 1,400 hot meals, 1.747 clothing articles, 197 food parcels 149 cases of water and 403 hygiene kits to non-TSA shelter evacuees. There have been numerous trips to Abaco to distribute relief commodities throughout the island. A plan is being formulated for more regular engagement on Abaco with more consistent partners that can help with large scale distribution effectively in impacted communities.
The Salvation Army attends all relevant coordination meetings facilitated by NEMA of the Bahamas and its partners and all relief and recovery efforts are in coordination with the strategic plan of the Bahamian Government.
The Salvation Army has had a strong presence in the Bahamas, over ninety years in Nassau and over thirty years in Freeport, and will be involved not only in the immediate response but also in the long term rebuilding efforts. We foresee these efforts being in the 3-5 year in duration … if not longer.
To support The Salvation Army's relief efforts in the Caribbean, please direct your contributions to The Salvation Army, 3 Waterloo Road, PO Box 378, Kingston 10, Jamaica, WI - Attention: Emergency Disaster Services or direct the funds to the following…
Name Of Account: The Salvation Army Donation Account (Savings)
Account Number: 936476
Bank Name: The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd
Bank Address: The Corner of Duke & Port Royal Street
Kingston CSO
About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need without discrimination for more than 130 years in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Territory serves sixteen countries throughout Caricom including Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. More than 60 thousand persons receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through a range of social services: food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless, and opportunities for underprivileged children. The Salvation Army has served survivors of major disaster since 1900.
Tags: Emergency Disaster Services