Rebuild Bahamas Initiative (RBI)

Hurricane Dorian is the most powerful destructive and deadliest Hurricane on record to ever hit the Bahamas.

In both Grand Bahama and Abaco there is Total Devastation.

The storm surges were so powerful that it is estimated that it came in at 15 feet high.
Business districts and Downtown was flooded. Buildings were severely damaged or destroyed
A report states that 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes on Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to have been severely damaged or destroyed.
Government Buildings & Banks were Damaged or Destroyed
It is estimated that over 60,000 persons that was impacted will need food & water
The Power Plants, power poles and lines were damaged.
The Main Hospital for Northern region in Freeport is unusable and was evacuated. Many Government Clinics are destroyed
Roads leading to many Settlements are impassable and roads destroyed.
Thousands of Vehicles flooded.
The Airports and landing strip still underwater
The University of the Bahamas Northern Campus was flooded and severely damaged
Hundreds of people were trapped by the Storm surge and could not be rescued until the Storm winds died down in Grand Bahama. Rescue operations began yesterday Tuesday September 03,2019.
Dogs, Cats, livestock and other animals dead in Storm surge
The bridge in Grand Bahama at the fishing hole over Hawksbill Creek was destroyed. This the only causeway that connects the Island from Freeport to West Grand Bahamas

Rebuild Bahamas Initiative is a project of CILCRelief that focuses on the following strategic objectives.

To partner with the IsraAid a humanitarian NGO to provide immediate solutions for Bahamas
To initiate a drive that would supply construction equipment and supplies for the rebuilding of homes and roofs in the Grand Bahama and Abaco
To work towards the rebuilding of minimum 2000 homes

CILC Relief Team Partners