CALGARY, AB, July 3, 2024 /CNW/ - The Samaritan's Purse DC-8 departed our hangar in Greensboro, North Carolina, yesterday morning, with a 13-member Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and 24 tons of life-saving relief for hurricane-devastated residents of Grenada in the south Caribbean's Windward Islands.
Less than 24 hours after the hurricane made landfall, the Samaritan's Purse DC-8 cargo plane departed Greensboro, NC. with 600 rolls of tarp, 3,000 solar lights, a desalination water unit, 300 collapsible jerry cans, and a mobile medical unit. In addition to these emergency relief supplies, the cargo plane also transported 13 disaster response specialists to Grenada.
This rapid deployment and mobilization of humanitarian aid and resources is aimed at providing critical support to the island communities and families anticipated to be the most affected by the storm. Most importantly, Samaritan's Purse, including five Canadian Disaster Response Team members are deploying to bring help and the hope of Jesus Christ to families who are grappling with severe loss in the aftermath of the storm.
"Hurricane Beryl pummeled the Windward Islands, and left thousands of families in need of emergency relief, " said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. "We started building out pallets of cargo before the hurricane even made landfall and are now on the way with life-saving aid. Please join me in praying for the families who are in the path of this storm, and for our Samaritan's Purse staff who will be serving them."
Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall in Grenada as a Category 4 hurricane—the earliest on record—quickly grew in strength to a Category 5, bringing devastating floods, high-wind damage, and power outages to the Windward Islands. Samaritan's Purse is preparing to distribute emergency shelter material and set up water filtration systems in areas that have been heavily damaged and are now without access to clean water. The organization is coordinating with church partners in the area that Samaritan's Purse has worked with through its project Operation Christmas Child.
About Samaritan's Purse
Samaritan's Purse is a Christian relief and development organization that takes its name from Jesus Christ's biblical story of the Good Samaritan. Like that Good Samaritan, who found a beaten man and helped restore him, we aid victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty, famine, and persecution. Besides disaster relief, our work includes Operation Christmas Child and providing safe water, vocational skills, and agricultural supplies and training to families in the developing world. Visit SamaritansPurse.ca for more information.
SOURCE Samaritan's Purse Canada
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