WCK’s Relief Team mobilized across the Caribbean, Venezuela, and southern US where Hurricane Beryl left a path of destruction. Beryl was the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever seen during hurricane season, and it hit islands in the southern Caribbean where such violent storms are uncommon. Union Island was one of the hardest hit locations, with an estimated 90 percent of its infrastructure destroyed or damaged.
We provided sandwiches, hot meals, cases of water, and fresh fruit to the hardest hit communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Jamaica. Our teams traveled by helicopter and boat to reach every island community, no matter how small. We also had teams in Venezuela, where Beryl caused flooding, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas, where the storm made landfall a week after it first hit the Caribbean.
We worked shoulder to shoulder with community leaders who had already begun distributing aid and helping their neighbors, and WCK offered support to help them grow their capabilities. Despite the devastation, there were still smiles on many faces as people counted themselves lucky to still be able to help one another.
By the numbers:
* 320,600+ Meals Served
* 124 Distribution Sites
* 39 Local Culinary Partners