Canadian aid organisation Global Medic on Saturday readied hundreds of boxes of supplies destined for the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.
According to the organisation, more than 200 volunteers gathered at Global Medic's headquarters in Etobicoke, Ontario to pack the boxes containing "food kits for families in the Bahamas."
Global Medic in Toronto Canada prepares massive hurricane Dorian relief for the Bahamas.
Press release:
The category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall over the northwest Bahamas on September 1st. The hurricane is the strongest in the history of the Bahamas. The storm has damaged infrastructure and caused massive flooding in the areas of Abaco and Grand Bahama. Damage assessments are still ongoing, however 20 people have been killed and over 68,000 people have been affected by the storm. With the damage so extensive, people are in immediate need of clean water and food. GlobalMedic is responding.
On Wednesday, September 4th, GlobalMedic deployed seven Rapid Response Team members with water purification units and a RescUAV Team with drones to the Bahamas to provide on the ground assistance. The team is led by a Staff Sergeant of the Peel Regional Police. Also included in the team is rookie firefighter from Toronto Pearson Airport and former Toronto Maple Leaf and New York Ranger, Andre Deveaux. Andre was born and raised in the Bahamas and late last night, was able to contact his father who was in Freeport at the time of the Hurricane. His father is alive and well and his family could not be more grateful.
GlobalMedic is expanding its response to support families in the Bahamas affected by Hurricane in 2 events over the next 2 days and Media is invited to capture footage and interviews:
1) On Saturday, September 7, GlobalMedic is packing Emergency Food Kits for families in the Bahamas. More than 200 volunteers will be at GlobalMedic's HQ preparing the aid. Anya Nordström Deveaux, wife of Andre Deveaux will be in attendance and available for interviews between 10:30 am - 11:30 am.
Location:
GlobalMedic HQ
33 Belvia Road
Etobicoke, ON
Date and Time:
Saturday, September 7, 2019
The event is split into two shifts:
10:00am-1:00pm and 1:30-4:00pm
Best time for media: 10:30-12:30
2) Sunday, September 8 GlobalMedic volunteers are packing Family Emergency Kits at the GlobalMedic.
Location:
GlobalMedic HQ
33 Belvia Road
Etobicoke, ON
Time:
11am-4pm
Contact:
GlobalMedic is a registered Canadian charity that runs capacity building programs and provides disaster relief services to large-scale catastrophes around the world.
GlobalMedic has responded to 214 disasters in 72 countries, including earthquakes in Ecuador, Haiti, Japan and Nepal; tsunamis in Japan and Sri Lanka; typhoons in the Philippines and Taiwan; hurricanes in Grenada and Guatemala; cyclones in India, Myanmar, Vanuatu and Mozambique; floods in Bangladesh, Mexico and Pakistan; drought and famine in Kenya and Mauritania; epidemics in Liberia and Sierra Leone; and complex emergencies in Gaza, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen.
Laura Garrioch
Emergency Programs Officer
GlobalMedic
