We started the day by collecting water supplies from the Port St. Maarten and nonperishables from our storage supply. We then loaded up frozen meat and seafood from our storage and distributed it to a soup kitchen, White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation and St. Maarten Medical Center. Via prior patrols by the Marines, the need of residents of side […]
The K1 Britannia Foundation representatives had a meeting with the St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF) regarding how we can partner together to help the institutions under their umbrella. Right now we are transitioning to the long-term help of rebuilding for the different institutions we have been caring for – going beyond food and water. We are […]
We had two meetings today, one was to discuss solutions for long-term sustainability of people being able to buy food so that we can transition away from the mass food distributions. We also had a meeting to see how we can help with the setup of the soup kitchens on the island to feed those […]
Nineteen (19) The K1 Britannia Foundation volunteers gathered at our meeting point and divided ourselves into two teams. Yesterday, one team of volunteers visited the various institutions that we have assisted in the last 2 weeks and asked what they needed for the next week. Today this team gathered the requested items which included water, flour, meat […]
Our K1 volunteers were site managers for 4 evacuation centers, namely NIPA, AUC, MPC and MAC for the 48 hours prior, during and post-Hurricane Maria. The Red Cross and Dutch Marines were onsite to assist with the care and safety of the emergency evacuation centers. As site managers, we saw various people come into the […]
The day began at 8:30 AM where 20 volunteers gathered to begin distribution of food, water, and supplies donated to The K1 Britannia Foundation to institutions with vulnerable persons on the island in preparation for Hurricane Maria. The volunteers divided into teams and delivered items to assist the institutions until the weekend. The institutions included the White and […]
Our day started at 6 AM, as volunteers Jana and Temara cooked lunch for the team of volunteers. Our growing team of volunteers arrived at 8 AM to unpack and load items for distribution. We then set up the distribution point alongside the Koninklijke Marine for the Philipsburg area by the Old Government Administration Building located at […]
Our day started from the early hours of the morning where a small contingent of our volunteers unloaded and relocated donated food to add to our stock for distribution to the different institutions in need around the Island, this continued until the afternoon. During this time, the majority of our team worked together with the Koninklijke […]
Our team grew to 34 volunteers today as we were joined by the St Maarten Youth Brigade to assist in loading the vehicles in preparation for distribution. After loading up the trucks and vans, we sent a small team to inventory our food supplies donated to The K1 Britannia Foundation in preparation for distribution in the following […]
At 9 am we met at the harbor for a debriefing with all the volunteers. It was decided we would send one team to do much needed food distribution to the vulnerable homes that we have been taking care of who were running out of supplies. The homes we delivered today were the White and Yellow […]