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Helping Hand Initiative delivers to St. Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia
As part of ongoing efforts to assist
those persons who have been
affected by Hurricane Tomas
in neighboring Caribbean Islands,
the Helping Hand Initiative
launched by Prime Minister
Persad–Bissessar is working.
Two flights to
the Hewanorra
International
Airport in Vieux
Fort, St. Lucia
left Trinidad and
Tobago bearing
key supplies.
Items were
donated from a
variety of sources
NGO’s, corporate
citizens and even
some government
agencies, the breakdown is as
follows:
- Blue Waters donated 13 skids
weighing some 27,730 lbs of Water
and this shipment was sent to
the National Emergency Management
Organization c/o The Prime
Minister’s Office, Castries, St.
Lucia.
- The Church of Jesus Christ and
the Latter Day Saints purchased
an additional 12 skids of water
from The Blue Mountain Water
Company, weighing 21,600 lbs
and this was sent to the National
Emergency Management Company,
Castries, St. Lucia.
- The Caribbean Meteorological
Organization got 25 cases of
water donated from Blue Waters
and these were also taken over to
the Met office in Vieux Fort, St.
Lucia.
- Amerijet purchased and sent
another 4 cases of water for our
own Agents in St. Lucia and this
was also taken over.
This shipment of supplies was
facilitated bv Amerijet International
and its local office, Amerijet
Caribbean Express were able
to transport some of the freight
free of charge and the rest at a
subsidized rate and ensured that it
was delivered to St. Lucia.
The Helping Hand initiative
continues to work and the Prime
Minister retured from St. Vincent
having toured that country with a
team of specialists to survey the
extent of the damage.

help-hand

CASTRIES, St. Lucia

As part of ongoing efforts to assist those persons who have been affected by Hurricane Tomas in neighbouring Caribbean Islands, the Helping Hand Initiative launched by Prime Minister Persad–Bissessar is working.

Two flights to the Hewanorra International Airport in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia left Trinidad and Tobago bearing key supplies. Items were donated from a variety of sources NGO’s, corporate citizens and even some government agencies, the breakdown is as follows:

- Blue Waters donated 13 skids weighing some 27,730 lbs of Water and this shipment was sent to the National Emergency Management Organization c/o The Prime Minister’s Office, Castries, St. Lucia.

- The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints purchased an additional 12 skids of water from The Blue Mountain Water Company, weighing 21,600 lbs and this was sent to the National Emergency Management Company, Castries, St. Lucia.

- The Caribbean Meteorological Organization got 25 cases of water donated from Blue Waters and these were also taken over to the Met office in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia.

- Amerijet purchased and sent another 4 cases of water for our own Agents in St. Lucia and this was also taken over.

This shipment of supplies was facilitated by Amerijet International and its local office, Amerijet Caribbean Express were able to transport some of the freight free of charge and the rest at a subsidized rate and ensured that it was delivered to St. Lucia.

The Helping Hand initiative continues to work and the Prime Minister returned from St. Vincent having toured that country with a team of specialists to survey the extent of the damage.