USAID announces nearly $4 million in new humanitarian assistance for The Bahamas in response to Hurricane Dorian

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green announced that the United States is providing nearly $4 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help people in The Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian, which brings the total U.S. funding for this response to more than $10 million to date.

This additional funding will support the emergency shelter, health, water, sanitation, hygiene, and psychosocial support for people affected by Hurricane Dorian. This U.S. funding is also providing critically needed logistics and emergency telecommunications to support the operations of the response.

USAID deployed an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to the lead the U.S. response to Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas. This team is made up of over 100 individuals and has included search-and-rescue personnel to provide immediate, life-saving assistance. The DART is assessing the damage, identifying priority needs, and working with partners to provide critical aid to people affected by the strongest hurricane to ever hit The Bahamas.

This assistance to date includes enough relief supplies to reach 44,000 people – more than 47 metric tons of relief supplies-including heavy-duty plastic sheeting, water containers, and hygiene kits-from USAID’s Miami warehouse, as well as emergency food assistance.

Original source: USAID
Published on 12 September 2019