Our team of 5 arrived in Dominica on Monday (October 9) to see how we can be of help with both the short and long-term needs on the island. Our first day put us in touch with a few of the local ministers and organizations that we had previously connected with in St Maarten. International […]
We divided our team into two as the focus for today and the coming days is the government distribution of drinking water and rations. We went to two locations to assist and worked on loading up the trucks in preparation for distribution. We dropped water off at shelters in a part of town that didn’t […]
The K1 Britannia Foundation met with a local supplier who kindly partnered with us to supply canned goods and hygiene products to various organizations and individuals in the weeks to come. Over the three days, we made deliveries of nonperishables such as beans, soups, pasta, rice, canned goods, and snacks. We also picked up and distributed […]
We got a request for the need of water at the various pre-schools on the island. We were able to collect and deliver 1160 5L bottles to the St. Maarten Early Childhood Development Association for distribution amongst 30 preschools on the island. Windward Roads donated their truck and time to assist us in the deliveries […]
In the second half of the week, we focused on four things: distribution of water, food, High Energy Biscuits (HEB) and care packages. We also continued our weekly 100 meals and made deliveries to the Red Cross Elderly Homes, Belvedere Community Center, Player Development and residents on Pond Island. We delivered 82 boxes of High […]
A caring chef of a local restaurant has committed to cooking 100 meals weekly. K1 volunteers picked up the lunch made of fish, rice, and vegetables and set out to distribute. The team of volunteers targeted the Cay Hill area, behind the old Cake House for this week’s distribution of the meals. All the residents […]
Almost 4 weeks after Hurricane Irma, The K1 Britannia Foundation staff and a few volunteers took the day to start cleaning the foundation office. The windows were smashed and damaged during Hurricane Irma and we had some interior damage to appliances and various items, but thankfully the basic structure wasn’t affected. We will need to work on […]
The St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF) asked us to add to new organizations to our list for food distribution: The COME Center, St. Maarten Youth Council and Dr. J Crisis Center. We made sure both locations received supplies, as well as the UJIMA foundation that day. During this period, our volunteers also had to do […]
Today we decided that there was a need to sort through our storage so we could assess what we had available in supplies. This way we could divide it properly among the various organizations that we are supporting. Deliveries were made to New Start and I Can Foster Homes, White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation, Safe […]
The K1 Britannia Foundation volunteers and the Koninklijke Marine met at our meeting point and loaded up supplies. We decided to focus on the places that we felt needed assistance and head out to areas located off the main road. We drove to Dutch Quarter, through Union Farm, followed by Garden of Eden. Our volunteers encountered many families […]
