Project Report
| Feb 25, 2020
Ongoing Relief Efforts
By Nicholas Metropulos | Executive Director
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Distributing relief supplies.
Since the devastation of Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas, Marine Education Initiative has been working hard in partnership with Lend a Hand Bahamas, a Bahamian nonprofit organization, to support evacuees and individuals impacted in Grand Bahama and Abaco. We have collaborated with and supported the YMCA in Grand Bahama to help them get their operations up and running to continue to serve the amazing youth in their community. In addition, we have been financially assisting with the support of evacuees in Nassau, Bahamas with toiletries, food items, and other much-needed materials through Lend a Hand Bahamas. To date, we have disbursed thousands of relief items thanks to our generous supporters. Since the hurricane made landfall in September we have been assisting with weekly and some times bi-weekly disbursements of items in Nassau to aid evacuees and have assisting many of our American donors in sending materials over to the Bahamas to offer assistance.
We are working on an exciting new initiative to help support the struggling fishing community who lost many of their livelihoods in Grand Bahama. We will also be working to integrate our marine science/conservation education program into Grand Bahama and Abaco in the coming months to offer the children a fun and educational experience. Stay tuned for some great new programs as we continue to partner to assist our neighbors in the Bahamas and thank you for empowering us to achieve a greater impact.
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Transporting pallets of food items to Abaco.
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Prepping relief supplies for distribution.
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Hurricane victims receiving aid.
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Dec 3, 2019
Thank you for supporting Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts!
By Nicholas C. Metropulos | Executive Director
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On September 1st, Hurricane Dorian made landfall, battering the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama for two straight days. With a storm surge of 23+ feet, the equivalent of a 2-story building, and wind gusts of 220mph, Hurricane Dorian left the Bahamas in a state of emergency.
Families like the one pictured above were left with nothing. Our team set out on a mission to hand deliver hurricane relief supplies to the residents on the island of Grand Bahama. With your support as well as numerous companies and organizations lending a hand, we were able to deliver much needed relief supplies to over 2,000 individuals in Grand Bahama. In addition, we have sent additional containers of relief supplies to support evacuees relocated to Nassau, Bahamas. We are continuing to work with our partner Lend a Hand Bahamas to support these evacuee families with needed relief items.
Thanks to our donors, this family - and hundreds of others in need - now have access to necessary supplies in the wake of this disastrous storm. We hope you will consider continuing to support and monitor our efforts!
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Oct 8, 2019
Hurricane Dorian Relief Update
By Nicholas C. Metropulos | Executive Director
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Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful hurricane in recorded history to strike the Bahamas directly with wind gusts of 200+ mph. This terrible storm destroyed much of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the northwestern region of the Bahamas.
On September 13th, our team set on a mission to deliver hurricane relief supplies to the residents on the island of Grand Bahama. With your support as well as numerous companies and organizations lending a hand, we were able to deliver much needed relief supplies to over 2,000 individuals in Grand Bahama. In addition, we have sent another 40 foot shipping container over to Nassau, Bahamas to be distributed to evacuees of Hurricane Dorian.
We are truly inspired by the outpouring of generosity and we will be working tirelessly to further assist in this relief effort moving forward in these islands as well as with the thousands of evacuees currently in the capital city of Nassau. There is a long road ahead of us, but with your help WE CAN make a substantial impact in the lives of thousands of Bahamians who have lost so much in the wake of this catastrophe.
- Nicholas C. Metropulos, Executive Director
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