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FEMA Interagency Recovery Coordination, Finance and the Virgin Islands Caribbean Area Office gather with partners from the U.S. Economic Development Administration during a workshop for small and minority businesses last week at the Albert A. Sheen campus of the University of the Virgin Islands on St. Croix. FEMA/Marisa Allen
Southgate Baptist Church completed hurricane repairs to its church in Estate Southgate and soup kitchen and community center, Lighthouse Mission, in Christiansted. FEMA will reimburse Southgate Baptist Church about $242,500 for repairs to its facilities, which were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. FEMA/Angelique Smythe
Southgate Baptist Church completed repairs to its Lighthouse Mission and continues to serve meals and support the community in Christiansted. FEMA will reimburse Southgate about $242,500 for hurricane repairs to its church and mission. Both sites were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
FEMA/Yolanda Brannigan-Hodge
St. Thomas, USVI, Sep. 13, 2017—FEMA leadership, along with members of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and territorial governmental partners meet to discuss Hurricane Irma response operations and assess immediate needs. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey
St. John, USVI, Sep. 16, 2017-- Residents at a distribution center set up by the Virgin Islands National Guard learn how to register for disaster assistance ten days after Hurricane Irma devastated the island. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey
St. Thomas, USVI, Sep.15, 2017-- FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance team member Andrea Floyd helps a 79-year-old resident register for disaster assistance at the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, devastated the island. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey
St. Thomas, USVI, Sep.15, 2017--Downed utility poles on Smith Bay Road in Charlotte Amalie are evidence of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey
St. Thomas, USVI, Sep.15, 2017--The Global Life Church sustained severe damage from Hurricane Irma. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey
FEMA Disability Integration provided support for accessible elements to improve physical access to Government House on St. Thomas. This facility will include two platform lifts and an accessible elevator.
FEMA/Eric Adams
FEMA Disability Integration provided recommendations to improve the accessibility of the kitchen and restroom of the Adrian Senior Center at George Simmons Terrace in Estate Adrian on St. John. The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Human Services provides community programs to St. John’s elderly population at the senior center. FEMA/Eric Adams