We are providing sandwiches, hot meals, cases of water, and as much fresh fruit as we can find to the hardest hit communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Jamaica. Our teams have been traveling by helicopter and boat to reach every island community, no matter how small.
We are working shoulder to shoulder with community leaders who have already begun distributing aid and helping their neighbors, and WCK is offering our support to help them grow their capabilities. Despite the devastation, there are still smiles on many faces as people count themselves lucky to still be able to help one another.
By air & sea: Reaching islands devastated by Hurricane Beryl
An in depth update of WCK’s work during the hours and days after Beryl tore through the region.
Martlyn
“I lost everything. I had to leave the baby bag with documents to save my life. It’s all gone.” Martlyn and her seven children are evacuating to mainland Saint Vincent to start a new life after Hurricane Beryl destroyed their home and belongings.
Melinda
“We had to run for cover, everything was flooded…the kids were panicking…It was hectic.” Melinda lost her house to Hurricane Beryl and was injured while helping her children to safety. They are now staying in a Resource Center that has been turned into a shelter for displaced families.
Ras Hadu
“My vegetables were packed outside and they were floating. All of them went away through the water.” Ras’ market stand was wiped out by the hurricane, but he has managed to get fresh produce to sell to the community at a low cost.
On Carriacou
Carriacou’s port is filled with ferries that have to dodge drifting debris in the water to pick up evacuees from the island.
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