Responding to Hurricane Beryl

The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations to support relief efforts underway in the wake of the devastating impacts of Hurricane Beryl across the Caribbean and Mexico. The major hurricane made landfall in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada as a Category 4 Hurricane and intensified to a Category 5 storm as it moved across Jamaica and Mexico. 

On July 5, PWRDF announced they were committing to $5000 to support the affected islands and areas, in collaboration with Anglican Alliance (a coalition of 10 Anglican aid agencies, including PWRDF). 

The island of Carriacou in Grenada was one area that saw it's devastating impacts. The island has two Anglican churches where at least one has lost it's roof. In St. Vincent and the Grenadines a number of other Anglican buildings saw great damage. According to the PWRDF,the Anglican Alliance’s Caribbean Facilitator, Clifton Nedd, witnessed the wreckage of his own home island in Grenada. He shared extreme concern about the impact in the other islands saying “Hurricane Beryl caused catastrophic damage, especially on the island of Carriacou [and since then on Union Island]. It is heartbreaking to see the images and videos that are emerging. There will be a fuller assessment in daylight hours. The destruction appears to be total, and the impacts are physical, material and psychological.”

In a report on Union Island the BBC stated "almost the whole island is homeless" with 90% of buildings damaged or destroyed.

Donations are being accepted by the PWRDF, in addtion to their committed amount of $5,000, to provide greater relief to these areas. Parishes and parishioners looking to help can donate directly to the PWRDF’s Emergency Response Fund pwrdf.org/give-today.