Hurricane Ike - £7,500 - September 2008

A grant of £7,500 is helping the District Grand Lodge of Bahamas and Turks to provide emergency relief to victims of Hurricane Ike.  Earlier this month, the Category Three Tropical Storm hit the islands of Grand Turk and South Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands and Inagua in The Bahamas leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

On the Island of Grand Turk around 90% of buildings have been damaged by the ferocious storm and some are simply no longer there.  Infrastructure has been seriously affected and rebuilding is likely to take many months.  Inagua in The Bahamas also bears the scars with over 50% of houses damaged.

The grant to the District Grand Lodge will support the work of its Hurricane Relief Committee, helping residents of the affected Islands by providing much needed supplies and resources.