Help Turk and Caicos, Grand Turk
As anyone in the Northwestern Hemisphere knows it is hurricane season and this season has been a particularly rough one for the Caribbean. Hurricane Fay followed by Gustav, Hanna and now Ike have caused widespread devistation to the Caribbean. Ike passed right over Grand Turk and Salt Cay just days after the islands were already battered by Hurricane Hanna for five days. 
The Turks and Caicos have not seen storms like this in 48 years. On Grand Turk it is estimated that between 80-95% of homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed, including the hospital which was terribly damaged. There is widespread flooding, roads are blocked, and they are not expecting to fully restore electricity until December. In total, nearly 1,000 people have been made homeless. There was only one place on Grand Turk that had food, Mr Cee's which it is now under a foot of water and the roof collapsed during the storm. Most of the public and private water supplies have been contaminated with debris.
We have heard that the Government reportedly decided to evacuate the island, especially with another threat from Tropical Storm Josephine on the way. With no food or water, it seems that the only hope for Grand Turk is in the form of aid from the British Red Cross and the British Navy. The Red Cross is running emergency shelters and providing people with food, clothing and tarpaulins but supplies are running low and they are appealing for urgent funds
Donations to the British Red Cross hurricane appeal can be made here: http://www.redcross.org.uk/TLC.asp?id=85440.
By far the greatest concern is Haiti, where a humanitarian crisis deepened after four storms in three weeks left more than 566 people dead and hundreds of thousands in desperate need of food, clean water and shelter. About 650,000 Haitians have been affected by the flooding, including 300,000 children, and the task of delivering crucial aid has been complicated by dismal transport conditions. Officials said 200,000 people had been without food and clean water, many for four days
Your donations will help not ony the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, but also those affected in Haiti, the Bahamas, and throughout the Caribbean. Every little helps.
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