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ANGUILLA- 13 October 2017 – As Omari Banks, the Anguillan musician and former West Indies cricketer, performed his song for a rapt audience at a UNICEF-supported “Return to Happiness” session for children, we all recognised the truth of the words that we learnt and sang with such heart. In pulling together and coping after the devastation wrought be Irma and Maria, we really are “Caribbean strong”. UNICEF staff blog
Vulnerable children getting a chance after Maria
DOMINICA- 11 October 2017 - Michael* hasn’t seen his parents since Hurricane Maria struck Dominica in the middle of September. They normally visit him regularly but the destruction of the storm, which left houses ruined and roads blocked, means they have been kept apart. The shy 13 year old is in good hands though. He lives at the Chances home for children in need of care and protection located on the outskirts of Dominica’s capital, Roseau. He enjoys being there.
Before & after hurricane #DominicaCommunities in hurricane’s aftermath, clinging to the most precious
Communities struggle to recover in hurricane’s aftermath, clinging to the most precious they have left DOMINICA- 30 September 2017 - Jacey Anselm hugs her pet Sassy close to her. Sassy was always precious, but since Hurricane Maria tore their home apart more than a week ago, the nine-year-old Dominica girl and her mum Celine Fingall have precious else left. “It’s about starting back. We have nothing now,” Celine says, as she points to the still rain-soaked furniture, clothes and other possessions in their second-floor apartment in the tight-knit community of Loubiere, about 15 minutes’ drive from the hurricane-scarred capital of Roseau. More Dominica's long road back to school after devastating hurricane
DOMINICA, 4 Oct. 2017 - Deltin Eugene stares at the chalkboard at the front of what used to be his classroom at the Goodwill Secondary School. The only words written there are “Friday, 15 September, 2017”. It’s the last day Deltin and 13,500 students in Dominica went to school. When classes were dismissed that Friday afternoon, the 16 year old had no idea that Hurricane Maria’s powerful 160 miles per hour winds would shear the roof off his school's upper level and shatter his hopes of completing his secondary school education. Click for More |
