Hurricane Beryl: Activating Response

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

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.