Bahamas Habitat was selected as a Top 5 Finalist in Disaster Relief and International Aid for the 4th Annual CLASSY Awards. From a pool of 2,400 nominations, our Achievement Story stood out as one of the best! We need your vote to win this prestigious award, national recognition, and prizes to enhance our marketing and [...]
Fire Destroys Haiti Communitere Workshop Haiti Communitere, formally Grassroots United is an organization with deep roots in the local Haitian community and the international aid community. Bahamas Habitat has a strong history with Haiti Communitere in times of disaster response and long-term development. Bahamas Habitat aids in providing transportation for supplies the organization needs in order to function. [...]
Source: The BBC Bahamas Habitat Hurricane Watch Tropical Storm Irene has turned into a hurricane – the first of the Atlantic hurricane season – over Puerto Rico. Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after last year’s earthquake, is in Irene’s projected path, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. [...]
Mission: Water Purification Mission, REBUILD Globally, Dr. Tiffany Keenan, Cap Haitien Health Network, GrassRoots United Route: KDKX-3A1-KORL-MYEF-MTCH-MTPP-MTCH-MTPP-MTCH-MBPV-KFXE-3A1-KDKX Mission Dates: June 5-10 2011 After over two months of not flying to Haiti, I was excited to be going back. Rainy season began with Hurricane season opener on June 1st. I flew from Knoxville to pick Cowboy [...]
During 2010 Bahamas Habitat continued to seek ways it could best serve Haiti. The organization explored providing in-country air support while developing a program to deliver water purification systems. In addition, Bahamas Habitat has developed close partnerships with several other similarly minded aid organizations. One is Remote Area Medical based in Tennessee. On November 16th [...]
This report was just posted on the NBAA website highlighting the work that Bahamas Habitat is doing to deliver water purification systems to Haiti to stem the Cholera epidemic. Click to hear the Audio Inteview
PRESS RELEASE BAHAMAS HABITAT RESPONDS TO THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC, TRANSPORTING WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO SAVE LIVES December 2, 2010 — Bahamas Habitat (www.bahamashabitat.org) announced their continued efforts to save lives in response to Haiti’s repeated disasters with the latest outbreak of Cholera. Under the coordination of Bahamas Habitat, volunteer pilots are transporting water filtration systems [...]
Bahamas Habitat is continuing our relief efforts in Haiti with a focus on helping with the current challenges and in ways that make a sustainable difference. The Cholera outbreak has created a whole new challenge. Bahamas Habitat has responded with a program to delivery water purification system that can provide with each delivery disease free [...]
We are continuing urgent missions to Haiti to deliver water purification systems and stem the cholera outbreak that is killing hundreds of people each week. In addition, we have been granted a $50,000 Challenge Grant for the construction of the Zion Children’s Home Project and we must raise the $50,000 by the end of December! [...]
ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES Distinguished Volunteer Pilot – Bahamas Habitat Volunteer Pilot, Mr. Gene Schmidt Outstanding Achievement in Public Benefit Flying – Bahamas Habitat Public Benefit Flying Teamwork Award – Bahamas Habitat, NBAA & Aero Bridge The Bahamas Habitat Team Receives Multiple Awards Left to Right: Henry Knowles, Frank Moses, Gene Schmidt, Steve Merritt, [...]