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In the past three months, GER3 has completed repairs at 240 war-damaged households in the Kherson Oblast as apart of our UHF-funded efforts! Before and after comparisons are below!
Repairing windows, doors, and roofs, GER3 has benefited 537 vulnerable community members in the Velykooleksandrivska and Kalynivska hromadas. We are excited to continue our UHF-funded work into the new year!
GER3's Winterization Project, sponsored by the UN's Ukraine Humanitarian Fund has begun! And what better way to announce than with International UN Day!
Targeting the Chernihivska, Sumska, and Kersonska Oblasts, GER3 is committed to insulating 200 households and providing heating supplies to 800 households for the upcoming winter months. The highlighted pictures are from the recent home assessments and supply of firewood to homes in Kherson Oblast.
Ukrainian winter temperatures average between 17°F - 24°F, and as frequent airstrikes target energy facilities, the provision and maintenance of reliable heating is crucial for Ukrainian families.
Special Delivery!
GER3's Ukraine team recently delivered over $20,000 of hygiene supplies to the Chernihiv and Krolevlets geriatric centers. The supplies (diapers and napkins) are equivalent to six months' worth for both centers.
This delivery expands GER3's presence in Ukraine's healthcare sector, as we are also in the process of supplying over $117,000 worth of equipment to Zakarpatska Oblast Clinical Hospital.
At GER3, we seek to aid the most vulnerable community members in each country we serve. The centers currently serve a combined 581 people, both disabled and elderly. Out of the 152 persons of Krolevets geriatric center, 59 are recent transfers due to their prior center being destroyed near the Russian border.
We thank the staff and patients of the geriatric centers for their warm welcome of our team into their communities. We look forward to continuing this partnership, as well as other new endeavors, in the coming months.
We are pleased to announce that our Abaco team has completed the rehabilitation of 11/22 homes of Phase IV: Abaco Home Rehabilitation and Capacity Building Project!
With 11 homes complete, we now have 6 under construction and 5 with materials on site.
We also are pleased to report the tremendous success of our Cash For Work team. Our team has dedicated over 25,470 hours of labor to Phase IV, earning more than $400,445.56 in wages. Additionally, the skills of countertop construction, cutting, and installation have been specifically developed over the past month of work; these trades will serve our Cash for Work team well in their pursuits when our work concludes on Abaco.
Please enjoy the selected photos of our most recent work, and we look forward to sharing more updates as the process continues!
GER3's Ukraine team is pleased to share its new project of supplying $117,246.35 worth of rehabilitation equipment to Zakarpatska Oblast Clinical Hospital!
This clinical hospital is the largest in the Zakarpatska Oblast, with 537 beds and 900 staff members. GER3 is providing vital rehabilitation equipment for its many patients, especially with the influx of injuries sustained in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Examples of the equipment GER3 has already and will continue to provide are:
- 1 Electromyography (EMG) System
- 2 GH3 Ceiling Hoist Systems
- 2 Physiotherapy Complexes
- 2 Rehabilitation Treadmills
- 1 EMS Linear Stepper
- And more!
GER3 is excited to continue the supply of equipment to Zakarpatska Oblast Clinical Hospital, and we look forward to new projects on our horizon!
GER3's Ukraine team was happy to celebrate the opening of Kalynivka Kindergarten, "Veselka"! Check out the before and after pictures of our work!
Veselka is the only operable kindergarten in the Makariv community, which had over 3000 buildings destroyed in 2022 due to Russian hostilities. As a result, Veselka accepts 254 children rather than their standard capacity of 170. Veselka is located near a power station, a frequent target of Russian bombings; it is extremely important for the children to have safe and dignified conditions in which they can shelter during such attacks.
Children and staff had been sheltering in a storage building during air raids, however this building (originally used to store vegetables) was unequipped to serve as a bomb shelter.
GER3 repaired and strengthened the structure's walls, ceiling, stairs, plumbing, water supply, electricity, bathrooms, heating system, and two exits. GER3 also partnered with the local NGO Istok to provide furniture.
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GER3 is happy to share further updates from our GRT assessment of Hurricane Beryl damages on SVG.
GER3 is working on efforts in St. Vincent to launch a GER3-led initiative for fishing livelihoods in the Southern Grenadines. We are awaiting results from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) livelihood assessment. The FAO assessment will determine how GER3 can best allocate resources to support these communities.
We are also near to submitting a Union Island-based roof repair plan to the IOM.
GER3 continues to participates in talks with the educational sector on Union Island, as well as other NGO organizations to coordinate relief efforts.
Our Global Response Team (GRT) has been working diligently on Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines since deployment two weeks ago.
We have helped launch cash for work debris teams on Union Island, where roads were deemed impenetrable due to the amount of storm wreckage.
GRT has met with numerous officials from primary and secondary school principals to best lay out a response to the education crisis now gripping the islands. This week, our team will meet with the Ministry of Education of Carriacou, Grenada.
Numerous meetings with fellow NGOs, potential donors, and local government officials have also been conducted over the past weeks. We aim to utilize our resources effectively and efficiently so to not overlap with other groups and reach the islands' most vulnerable communities as quickly as possible.
We look forward to updating soon with further information.
We are pleased to announce the completion of six Abaco home rehabilitations! Our Bahamas work has continued amid our efforts to assess the damages of Hurricane Beryl on Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. See below our most recent stats for Phase IV of our Abaco Home Rehabilitation and Capacity Building Project!
Of the 22 homes to be rehabilitated:
- 6/22 have completed renovations
- 5/22 are currently undergoing construction
- 10/22 have materials on site
A unique feature of Phase IV Abaco is that the majority of these homes are multigenerational, including the two completed homes. The rehabilitation of these homes creates stability throughout generations; continuation of work and school is ensured through our work.
GER3 is responding to Hurricane Beryl, which devastated multiple islands in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines and before making landfall in Jamaica. Initial damage assessments indicate catastrophic damage on the islands of Union, Mayreau, and Canouan in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as Petite Martinique and Carriacou in Grenada, with over 90% of homes damaged or destroyed on each island. Thousands of people are affected, and multiple deaths have been reported. The full extent of the damage in Jamaica is still being determined.
Petite Martinique, Grenada - Arthur Daniel, Reuters
GER3 is deploying its Global Response Team (GRT) to the Grenadines and Grenada and will be operational in affected areas as soon as possible. Our team will work with community members to identify families most in need, understand how to best support, and provide the appropriate help to rapidly advance the relief and recovery effort.
Likely support includes:
Debris removal to enable humanitarian access and facilitate initial relief and recovery efforts for affected homes, schools, and health facilities
Livelihoods support, including cash-for-work programs and local capacity strengthening
Provision of temporary shelter facilities and emergency shelter supplies
Rapid rehabilitation of key community infrastructure, with a focus on homes, schools, and health facilities
Connecting families with a range of partner resources (e.g. food, water, housing, medical facilities) that can help them recover faster
As with all GER3 operations, we seek to use sustainable supplies, recycle available materials, and respond based on the needs specified by the communities themselves.
GER3 believes response is strengthened through partnerships and is looking forward to working with other organizations to have a deep impact on targeted families. GER3 will also leverage the partnerships developed during our response to the La Soufriere volcanic eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2021.
100% of any donations made here on our website will now go directly to the GER3 Beryl operation, unless otherwise requested to go to one of GER3’s ongoing operations elsewhere.
