Firstly, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Beryl hitting St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we reached out to the technical institutes and the SVG Community College divisions that we are currently supporting to see if they or their students had any immediate needs. They did and we were able to fund most of them. In addition, we were able to fund a major initiative by the Ministry of Education to provide vocational training to some 140 Union islanders who were sheltering on St. Vincent. This training will be held at a number of the technical institutes that we are already supporting.
Finally, we have funded the initiative by Ali Mejahed of Sweetie Pie Bakery to provide 65 loaves of bread, 6 days a week, to the few Union islanders remaining on that island.
The present challenge is to find ways to help on Union Island given the lack of functioning infrastructure to receive and distribute that support. The recovery of Union Island will require a major commitment by a wide range of relief organizations. With your generous support we will be able to play a meaningful role in that effort.
