We partnered with Motorworld St. Maarten / St. Martin, alongside other local organizations with the intent to make 3000 food and care packages consisting of food packages, elderly and baby packages by the end of November/ Early December. Kooyman St. Maarten reached out to us and donated 3 pallets of milk and water. We started to deliver […]
As we continue the rebuilding phase, we visited various businesses on the island in search for items and materials needed to rebuild the foster homes, vulnerable institutions, afternoon schools and daycares. For the specific institutions that we are helping, we have a list of specific materials and items that need to be donated either locally […]
We continued our work on the content and interviews for the international media by going through all footage from the past two months since Hurricane Irma as well as edit over 20 interviews we did last week. All footage and interviews were then sent to the media for positive stories about St. Maarten. Prime Distributors donated […]
The K1 Britannia Foundation, alongside 3 other local organizations met with CC1, Buccaneer Beach Bar and Dominos to receive the funds raised during the “We Jammin’ Still” Benefit concert held on Sunday, Oct 22nd. Buccaneer Beach Bar donated the monies raised mainly from Presidente beer sales and Domino’s Pizza St. Maarten donated 40% of their total sales from pizza […]
To begin the week, K1 Britannia Foundation was recipients from two local events. Tri-Sport held a classic ride and the funds raised from ticket sales were donated to the foundation along with shipments from AUC students such as tarpaulins, toiletries etc. K1 representatives were present to help during the event by handing out water and raffle tickets […]
We are now transitioning to help various vulnerable institutions get back on their feet. We are looking at more mid to long-term help and have begun this by doing assessments of each institution that we are working with in collaboration with other aid organizations to see what their long term needs are in terms of […]
Today, the K1 staff focused on two things – the office and the vulnerable institutions. Part of the staff and volunteers continued to clean the office. Volunteers Thomas from the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard and Jason helped secure our broken skylight with wood so we can limit the damage and secure the safety of all those who […]
In Freeport, a new centralized warehouse has been identified as a priority to be set up to help streamline the distribution process by NEMA-Bahamas. The warehouse needed a lot of cleaning and work to set up, and damaged equipment, glass, old supplies and much more needed to be removed. The team spent their time cleaning and […]
Day 7, K1 DIRECT in Freeport visited the hardest hit areas to gain a better understanding of Dorian’s impact, and infrastructure and persons affected. There are many organizations who are working hard to ensure that some of the areas can be livable, so persons who don’t want to leave, can remain there or move back. […]
The 6th day has arrived in the Bahamas, and after conversations with Senator Smith & ESF7, the team in Freeport (NEMA-Bahamas) changed the distribution structure to target the hardest hit neighbourhoods on the island, who have not received much supplies. The K1 DIRECT team in Freeport, Grand Bahama worked in an assembly system where they […]
