GEM 2017 Uppdrag

Orkanen Irma och Maria

Sammanfattande statistik

40 fot containrar

Levererade förnödenheter

$ 0

Flygplan med förnödenheter

Karibiska länder

Evakueringar

Fas 1:

Katastrofhjälp

Global Empowerment Mission reagerade i den första fasen, katastrofhjälp, och tillsammans med vår partner BStrong skickade vi 55 plan med nödhjälpsprodukter till Puerto Rico, St Barths, St Maarten, Amerikanska Jungfruöarna och Brittiska Jungfruöarna under den första månaden efter orkanerna.

Fas 2:

Gap-perioden

Global Empowerment Mission reagerade i den andra fasen, den så kallade gap-perioden, med vår BStrong-partner genom att skicka ut paketet:

86, 40 fot containrar till Puerto Rico. Denna hjälp delades ut i 73 kommuner av vår puertoricanska partner Yo No Me Quito och Third Wave Volunteers.
Ett fartyg med förnödenheter skickades via Resolve Marine Group till Dominica och 340 evakueringar genomfördes.
10 containrar med bistånd skickades till Jungfruöarna.
En container med bistånd skickades till St Maarten.

Fas 3:

Hållbar utveckling

Global Empowerment Mission svarade i den tredje fasen, hållbar utveckling, tillsammans med vår BStrong-partner genom att:

Leverans av 3 Water Step-filtreringssystem i 3 kommuner.
skicka en container med färg till Yo No Me Quito för att måla upp skolor.
skapa väggmålningar i skolor på hela ön.

Kiko och Carlos Alvarez, som är medlemmar i GEM:s rådgivande styrelse, donerade pengar till detta uppdrag.

Deltagande grupper:

Partners

Yo No Me Quito
F3 Internationella resurser
Yatch Aid Global
Frivilliga i tredje vågen
Motorrad Angels
Resolve Marine Group
I 4 Puerto Rico

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