1,500 Comida Caliente meals served, Solar Installations for Firefighters, and the future of Sail Relief Team This week marks 3 years since the devastation of Hurricane Maria and the founding of Sail Relief Team in its response. Below is a short video summary of Sail Relief Team's inception and early work, using support boats to … Continue reading Sail Relief Team September 2020 Update – 3 Years After Hurricane Maria
Category: Resilience
Resilience – Preparedness and Education
Resilience focuses on preparation against the next disaster including hardening of power infrastructure, communication infrastructure, and education of the population in ways to work together to help rebuild communities to be stronger for the future. Donations through personal networks and matching funds from companies allowed Sail Relief Team to install 42 solar panel roof and battery kits on homes to date. Recipients were chosen on a basis of need, with no monetary commitment. We were also able to deliver 500 solar kits to Ill Le Vache in Haiti and by doing so, half of the islands homes are powered with solar.
Vieques Lee is a community led project with a goal to increase the availability of literature by cataloging and creating a central, internet accessible portal where readers will be able to view and search through the various collections of literary and multimedia resources that are located on the island of Vieques. However, the Island of … Continue reading Vieques Lee (Vieques Reads) Project, supporting local education and literature
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Vieques' residents do not have access to a steady supply of food, particularly healthy, hot meals. Sail Relief Team has worked in cooperation with numerous nonprofits and residents of Vieques to start a volunteer-run meal program, Comida Caliente. We prepare healthy and filling meals at our volunteer house, La … Continue reading Meals Program for Vieques Residents in Need During COVID-19
We've been busy in 2019 and the first quarter of 2020! Please bear with us as we work to more thoroughly update our website with more updates! In the meantime, here's an edited list of what we accomplished in 2019. These activities can be broadly grouped into the following five categories: resilient solar energy infrastructure, … Continue reading Update on 2019 Activities
Working in coalition and community with local businesses to keep Vieques' boat captains up-to-date with licensure. Humans have been fishing and enjoying the waters around Vieques for thousands of years. Following Hurricanes Irma and María, one of the community needs that presented itself was gaining up-to-date licensure for the boat captains of the island, many … Continue reading Vieques Captain’s Course with 100% Pass Rate
