Video: Looking Back On Hurricane Dorian Two Years Later
Hurricane Dorian changed life forever on the Bahamas' Great Abaco Island. Hear about the ongoing challenges from a survivor of the storm.
For generations, the Bahamas’ Great Abaco Island was known as a quiet island community of fishers, laborers, and boaters. On September 1, 2019, it became a place changed by devastation.
Two years after Hurricane Dorian, it looks like the storm just hit. Large mounds of debris still remain, and many people still live in temporary shelters next to their destroyed homes. There are only two doctors for a population of 15,000 people, and because of COVID-19, many schools have now been closed for two years.
Project HOPE was one of the first organizations on the ground in the Bahamas after the storm, delivering urgent medical supplies and providing direct emergency health care for evacuees in Nassau. Today, our Community Health Worker program, in collaboration with the Bahamas Ministry of Health, is educating residents about COVID-19, nutrition, mental health, and gender-based violence.
Hear from an Abaco resident firsthand in the video below, and click here to learn more about how you can help support our disaster response work around the world.
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