Water Mission Responding with Emergency Safe Water for People in the Caribbean Displaced by Hurricane Beryl
2024年7月5日 - 10:52PM
Water Mission, a Christian engineering nonprofit, is responding to
the ongoing destruction from Hurricane Beryl impacting multiple
countries throughout the Caribbean region, including Barbados, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and heading
toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. A Water Mission Disaster
Assistance Response Team has been deployed to Grenada, bringing
safe water treatment equipment with the ability to meet daily safe
water needs for thousands of people. Union Island, part of St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, was particularly hard hit, with the
country’s Prime Minister recently sharing that 90 percent of
structures, including homes, have been destroyed. Water Mission is
actively coordinating water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) efforts
with local government authorities.
“Waterborne diseases are a critical concern in the
days and weeks after a disaster,” said Water Mission CEO and
President George C. Greene IV, PE. “Water Mission’s Disaster
Assistance Response Team is well versed in quickly mobilizing and
collaborating with partners on the ground to bring emergency safe
water as quickly as possible where it is needed most.”
Hurricane Beryl is the earliest category five storm
to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean and has caused deaths and
displaced thousands of people across several countries. It is
expected to hit Mexico today as a weakened, yet still destructive,
storm that will bring high winds and potential flash flooding.
Water Mission has in-country offices in Mexico with established
WASH programs. Staff and resources in the region have mobilized to
help assess and respond to emerging safe water needs as they
arise.
Water Mission has more than 20 years of experience
responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises with
immediate and long-term safe water solutions. Over the last two
years, Water Mission has responded to flooding in East Africa,
earthquakes in Turkey, flooding in Pakistan, cholera outbreaks in
Malawi, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Water Mission’s global
operations have served more than 8 million people since 2001.
Click here to learn more about Water Mission’s
Hurricane Beryl disaster response efforts as the organization
rushes staff and equipment to get clean, safe water flowing where
it’s needed most for displaced men, women, and children.
About Water
Mission Water Mission is a Christian
engineering nonprofit that builds sustainable safe water solutions
for people in developing countries, refugee camps, and disaster
areas. Since 2001, Water Mission has served more than 8 million
people in more than 60 countries, sharing safe water and the
message of God’s love. Water Mission’s global headquarters is in
North Charleston, SC, and the organization serves people in
Africa; Asia; and North, South, and Central America.
Charity Navigator has awarded Water Mission its top four-star
rating 17 years in a row, a distinction shared by less than 1% of
the charities rated by the organization. To learn more,
visit watermission.org, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram,
YouTube, or Twitter.
Water Mission Contact: Gregg
Dinino Director,
Public RelationsWater
Mission M.
+1.843.805.2097 gdinino@watermission.org
A video accompanying this announcement is available
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