GEM 2017 Missie

Orkaan Irma en Maria

Samenvatting statistieken

40 Ft Containers
0
Verscheepte leveringen
$ 0
Vliegtuigen met Benodigdheden
0
Caribische landen
0
Evacuaties
0

Fase 1:

Hulp bij rampen

Global Empowerment Mission reageerde in de eerste fase, rampenhulp en stuurde, samen met onze BStrong-partner, 55 vliegtuigen met noodvoorraden naar Puerto Rico, St Barths, St Maarten, de VS en de Britse Maagdeneilanden binnen de eerste maand na de orkanen.

Fase 2:

De Gap Periode

fase 2 icoon

Global Empowerment Mission reageerde in de tweede fase, de tussenperiode, met onze BStrong-partner door te verschepen:

  • 86, 40 ft containers naar Puerto Rico. Deze hulp werd verdeeld in 73 gemeenten door onze Puerto Ricaanse partner Yo No Me Quito en Third Wave Volunteers.
  • Een schip met voorraden werd via Resolve Marine Group naar Dominica gezonden en 340 evacuaties werden uitgevoerd.
  • 10 containers met hulpgoederen zijn naar de Maagdeneilanden gestuurd
  • 1 container met hulpgoederen is naar St Maarten gestuurd. 

Fase 3:

Duurzame ontwikkeling

Global Empowerment Mission reageerde in de derde fase, duurzame ontwikkeling, met onze BStrong-partner door:

  • levering van 3 Water Step filtratiesystemen in 3 gemeenten.
  • het verschepen van een container verf naar Yo No Me Quito om scholen opnieuw te schilderen.
  • het maken van muurschilderingen op scholen over het hele eiland.

De leden van de adviesraad van GEM, Kiko en Carlos Alvarez, doneerden geld voor deze missie.

Deelnemende groepen:

Third Wave Volunteers: COH Florida: New Florida Majority Urban Paradise Guild: Navillus (besteedde $200,000 aan tenten en uitrusting) WeCount. 305 films: Miami Climate Alliance: We Do Better: GRAMPS: Delivering Good: Humanity Road: GEM (Global Empowerment Mission): HARP Rescue: Rescue Warriors. H.E.A.R.T. Citizens Climate Lobby (Engelen met een Hummer) Logos Capital (SFLRS) Catalyst Miami (Central Florida Jobs with Justice) Coalition of Immokalee Workers (Community Justice Project) Dream Defenders (EcoTech Visions) Engage Miami (Geloof in Florida) FANM (Haïtiaanse vrouwen uit Miami) of Miami Fight for 15 Florida Cares Florida Council of Churches Florida Immigrant Coalition Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Florida Student Power Network Fort Myers Dream Center Habitat for Humanity Collier and South Dade League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade CountyDade County: Lee County Homeless Coalition: Make the Homeless Smile: Miami Climate Alliance: Naples New Haïtian Church of the Nazerine: Newtown Community Bible Church: Next Level Church: Organize Florida: Phsycians for Social Responsilbity: Power U: SEIU 1199: SEIU Florida: St. Matthews House | STARS Complex Community Forum | Sustainable Miami | Tampa Hillsbourgh Action Plan (THAP) | Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth

Partners

  • Yo No Me Quito
  • F3 Internationale Hulpbronnen
  • Yatch Aid Global
  • Derde Golf Vrijwilligers
  • Motorrad Engelen
  • Resolve Marine Group
  • I 4 Puerto Rico

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