AHAH Monthly Program Update - The Bahamas (July 2021)

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THE BAHAMAS HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE JULY 2021

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

2,332 669

LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS

12,820

VOLUNTEER DAYS

219

JOBS COMPLETED

Current Activities We’re incredibly pleased to announce that Every Child Counts School (ECC) is now complete and the team celebrated the official handover at the end of June! With the many challenges we’ve faced in the Bahamas, the completion of ECC is a huge milestone for our programs and is a demonstration of the significant impact we’ve made since the restart of our volunteer-powered operations last fall. Thanks to everyone who has supported the work at ECC; it’s now a beautiful, resilient school ready for students and staff to safely return to in the coming months! With ECC complete, and only a few months left before we wrap up our Bahamas Hurricane Relief Program, the focus is now on completing Little Darlings Academy (LDA) and continuing to repair and rebuild as many resilient roofs as possible. At LDA, the first stage of grading is complete, the slab for building A has been poured and blockwork for the walls in progressing quickly! The team has also been busy closing down our base at Dundas Town since we have merged the two teams and are running operations from our Marsh Harbour base to maximize efficiency in these final months.

Community Stories One of the roofs that the team completed in Marsh Harbour recently was for Doranell. The scope of work for this particular roof included reinforcing the roof structure with hurricane clips, installing underlayment and fitting standing seam metal roofing. This is what Doranell had to say to the team of three who worked on her home: “I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to you [Ashanta], Mike and Kieran 󰚖󰚖 I have gotten so much compliments on my roof that it brought me to tears. God bless all of you󰚥󰚥󰚥󰚖󰚖󰚖󰚖”. Photos: (top) the completed Seydel building at ECC (left) Doranell’s new roof.

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