Emergency Response | World Hope International Canada

Making Things New

by Tanya Nace | May 14, 2020 | Clean Water and Sanitation, Combating Infectious Diseases, Desk of Tanya, Emergency Response, Global Health, Outbreak Response

Making Things New When other organizations were shutting down and pushing pause on current work, World Hope did not close. We did the opposite. Our doors remained open and our staff pivoted to address the challenges of COVID. We knew that our communities had the...

Volunteers Responding to Disaster

by Tanya Nace | Apr 23, 2020 | Clean Water and Energy, Desk of Tanya, Emergency Response, The Bahamas

Volunteers Responding to Disaster I recently interviewed Jimmy Penney about his experience as an emergency response volunteer for World Hope International (Canada). Read about why he has joined Canada’s emergency response team! Tanya: Jimmy tell me a bit about...

Rebuilding in the Bahamas, Starting with the Church

by World Hope International | Jan 16, 2020 | Acting in Faith, Emergency Response, The Bahamas

Rebuilding in the Bahamas, Starting with the Church Hurricane Dorian destroyed Pastor Raymond’s home and wiped out decades of work. But it’s not the end of the story. Pastor Raymond leads Lighthouse Wesleyan Outreach Ministry, serving the small, largely...

Building Back Better: Changing Focus in The Bahamas

by World Hope International | Nov 8, 2019 | Acting in Faith, Clean Water and Energy, Clean Water and Sanitation, Emergency Response

clean energy Since the initial devastation of Hurricane Dorian in the Abaco region of The Bahamas, more than two months have passed already. Thanks to strong partnerships and an outpouring of support, World Hope International not only arrived on the ground with the...

A Disaster Births Hope

by Tanya Nace | Oct 8, 2019 | Desk of Tanya, Emergency Response

Fresh Water Production volunteers have been cycling in and out of the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian delivered a deadly blow on September 1, 2019. World Hope International has been pumping clean water in the Bahamas for a full month and we still turn people away at...

Dorian: Devastating Disasters Necessitate Purposeful Planning & Responsible Responses

by World Hope International | Sep 9, 2019 | Clean Water and Energy, Clean Water and Sanitation, Emergency Response

World Hope International has responded with its coalition of partners to the catastrophic damage to the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian and is on the ground now helping communities onto their feet. The unique logistical nightmare of this hurricane highlights the...