USVI: ST. THOMAS & ST. JOHN HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE (May 2019)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES (RESPONSE & RECOVERY) Volunteers on St. John and St. Thomas work hard to bring relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We’re in the recovery phase and bringing lasting strength back to the islands. St. John ● All Hands and Hearts has now finished 11 complete home rebuilds on the island ● After learning the ACC (Animal Care Center) was in need of assistance repairing their shelter from storm damage, we offered our help. We will now be making appropriate repairs in the coming weeks. St. Thomas After 20 months on island, we have wrapped up our work on St. Thomas. We finished up with our final site, Alvin McBean Ballpark, and a celebration with our local partners, the final volunteers, and the community. We have had a chance to help over 6,300 people on this island and are proud to have donated over 117,000 volunteer hours. Huge thank you to our partners and all of the volunteers and staff that have lent a hand on this amazing program.
Left: Volunteer holds the ladder while site supervisor Rich makes some final touch ups. Up and Right: Volunteers remove a door frame and deconstruct the bathroom at a muck & gut
Community members, volunteers and AHAH staff members celebrate our time on the island and the close of our final site, Alvin McBean Ballpark
OUR IMPACT
8,879
PEOPLE IMPACTED
1,382
JOBS COMPLETED
1,670 VOLUNTEERS
35,789
VOLUNTEER DAYS
DISASTER PROFILE On September 6, 2017 Hurricane Irma slammed into the US Virgin Islands as a Category 5 storm, with record wind speed of 200 mph. The islands suffered severe wind and flood damage, reducing many areas to rubble. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Maria struck the islands on September 20 as a Category 4 storm and damaged several community facilities and individual homes. The storms have severely affected the community, tourism, and local economy.
OUR WORK Thanks to critical support from partners like Norwegian Cruise Lines and Island Spirit Fund, donors, local community, and volunteers from around the world, All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response has run an impactful program on St. Thomas since September 27th, 2017 and St. John since February 16th, 2018. We have responded to the community’s needs with debris removal, mucking and gutting, mold sanitization, and now full rebuilds for homes and schools.
OUR MISSION To effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. By listening to local people, and deploying a unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, we rebuild safe, resilient schools, homes and other community infrastructure.
OUR USVI PARTNERS
5 YEARS IN A ROW! Only 10% of charities have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star ratings. This means All Hands and Hearts outperforms most of the other 1.5 million charities in America in operational and financial efficiency.
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