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
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At our volunteer farm in Vieques, La Finca de Hamberto, we prepare once again for a tropical storm. This weekend we are expecting Tropical Storm Laura to make landfall. We have prepped the volunteer house and pre-checked the solar systems around the island of Vieques, ready to be used in case it is needed. We … Continue reading Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery of Summer 2020
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
Over the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, the southwest of Puerto Rico was rocked by a series of earthquakes. In early February, Sail Relief Team went to several of the Centros de Apoyo Mutuo in the affected areas to help install and maintain solar systems. A Centro de Apoyo Mutuo (CAM for … Continue reading Earthquake Response
