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Your Support Urgently Needed for Reconstruction after Hurricane Ike, Turks and Caicos, British West Indies

November 29, 2008

Shattered Roofs, Shattered Lives: Real Medicine Foundation

Support Turks and Caicos Reconstruction
by Michael Lear, Director International Relations

On September 6 and 7, 2008 Hurricane Ike, a Category 4 system with sustained winds of 135 mph (215km/hr), impacted the Turks and Caicos. Declared a disaster area by their government, the Turks and Caicos face major challenges due to the extent and magnitude of the damage and number of residents affected. While many of the social infrastructures have been restored, there remains a significant challenge for the majority of the population who do not have the resources to rebuild their lives let alone their homes.

In the initial disaster assessment, CDERA, The Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Relief Agency stated, “in Grand Turk, 95% of the houses were damaged, one-fifth of which was significant damage. In South Caicos, 95% of the houses were also damaged with over one-third significantly damaged or destroyed." To put things in perspective, it has taken massive hotel chains with the financial resources to rebuild immediately, over two months to re-open. For residents without this capacity however, the road to restoring normalcy is far longer and much steeper.

Real Medicine in partnership with LisaRaye McCoy-Misik, First Lady of The Turks and Caicos have initiated an effort to provide support to the residents of this tiny island to rebuild the shattered lives.

Your support is urgently needed. Please donate NOW to this effort.

A resident of the island recently visited and reported the following in her email to us – “went to GR and Turks and so much is missing. Roofs and buildings all the poor peoples homes are gone so many in tents. little 10×10 tents.” Your immediate support is greatly appreciated.

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