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GlobalMedic is responding to Hurricane Irma.
On Sunday, Sept. 10, its rapid response team–consisting of two volunteer firefighters, one paramedic and an engineer from Aeryon Labs–deployed to St. Maarten with a drone, 756 hygiene kits, 200 family emergency kits and two AquaResponse3 water purification systems capable of providing clean drinking water to 2,000 people per day.
The team has been working with local authorities to coordinate distributions and also provide aerial imagery to assist with the damage assessment. In addition, GlobalMedic shipped enough P&G purifier of water sachets to Antigua and Cuba to purify 3.8 million litres of clean drinking water.
GlobalMedic and Air Canada have a long-standing partnership when it comes to humanitarian support and emergency response. Over the past few years, Air Canada has supported GlobalMedic by transporting essential aid to Winnipeg to support newly arrived refuges in 2017, Fort McMurray during the wildfires in 2016, Haiti following Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and to Dominica following tropical storms in 2015.
In response to Hurricane Irma, Air Canada has supported GlobalMedic through the transport of water purification tablets into Antigua within days of the storm, and will be transporting additional aid and personnel from GlobalMedic over the weekend.
On Saturday, Sept. 16, GlobalMedic and Air Canada are teaming up to package family emergency kits for Hurricane Irma-affected families. Volunteers and staff will assemble the kits, each including water purification solutions and essential hygiene supplies for over 3,000 people. This aid will keep families safe from deadly communicable diseases, keeping them healthy and providing a sense of dignity during this dire time.
Air Canada is also supporting GlobalMedic by transporting this aid to families in need.
