Help families hit by Cyclone Harold
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The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu experienced one of the worst recorded Cyclones in their history - Tropical Cyclone Harold landed on the island of Espiritu Santo with winds peaking at over 180mph on April 6th, 2020. This storm has devastated the local community, and the situation has been made exponentially worse in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic where humanitarian relief is limited. The island doesn't have any current cases of COVID19 and especially now needs to work to limit any exposure, this unfortunately also limits the relief they can receive.
We have 72 coworkers who live and work on the island of Santo who have been hard hit by this cyclone, every single one of them has been affected by this storm. Of our 72 coworkers, we know that at least 36 of them have completely lost their homes and personal property. The remaining have homes that have suffered significant damages.
Many of you probably don't know this, but our work in Vanuatu is for managing a power plant that provides electricity to the local community. The storm left power services completely down, and up until yesterday afternoon they didn't even have communication. In the midst of devastating personal loss, our team reported to duty so they can work to get power back for critical services. They were just able to restore power to the local hospital and are working 18hr+ days to restore power services throughout the community.
We started this GoFund me to help raise funds for our them so that while they are working towards helping the local community, we can work towards helping recover their homes and personal materials. The funds will be distributed directly to our 72 coworkers, with a larger percentage being given to those who've lost their home.
Pictured below are photos sent in by our team members of what the situation on the ground looks like.
Let's do what we can help them!
We have 72 coworkers who live and work on the island of Santo who have been hard hit by this cyclone, every single one of them has been affected by this storm. Of our 72 coworkers, we know that at least 36 of them have completely lost their homes and personal property. The remaining have homes that have suffered significant damages.
Many of you probably don't know this, but our work in Vanuatu is for managing a power plant that provides electricity to the local community. The storm left power services completely down, and up until yesterday afternoon they didn't even have communication. In the midst of devastating personal loss, our team reported to duty so they can work to get power back for critical services. They were just able to restore power to the local hospital and are working 18hr+ days to restore power services throughout the community.
We started this GoFund me to help raise funds for our them so that while they are working towards helping the local community, we can work towards helping recover their homes and personal materials. The funds will be distributed directly to our 72 coworkers, with a larger percentage being given to those who've lost their home.
Pictured below are photos sent in by our team members of what the situation on the ground looks like.
Let's do what we can help them!
Organizer
Hanan Zayed
Organizer
Lombard, IL