URGENT Disaster Relief for Mayreau, SVG: Hurricane Beryl

Hurricane Beryl, an almost category 5 hurricane, directly hit Carriacou, Grenada, just barely south of Mayreau, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. These islands are normally safely south of Caribbean hurricane paths and have never experienced a hurricane anywhere close to the strength or proximity of Hurricane Beryl.

All of these tiny islands (Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Union, Mayreau, Canouan) are completely DEVASTATED. Almost every house has lost its roof, there is no electricity or no cell service, and many houses sustained even worse damage. Mayreau is home to ~400 people, has no hospital, bank, or airport, and relies heavily on tourism for many families' income (which will take many years to recover).

There are other incredible fundraisers already active for neighboring islands (and this one by Jeremie Tronet is another very important place to donate ASAP as they are going to be sharing resources with Mayreau and are organizing immediate aid flown / shipped in from Martinique: Union Island GoFundMe), but Mayreau will absolutely need more urgent funds.

Here's some of the photos that have come out of the island since we were able to reestablish (very limited) contact with family and friends on Mayreau (a very long and stressful) 24 hours after the storm hit:

This fundraiser is being organized by Turban Ollivierre (born and raised on Mayreau) and his wife Aly Ollivierre (lived and worked in the Grenadines since 2011 and sits on the We Are Mayreau, Inc. Board of Directors) and supported by their Mayreaunian family based out of Canada. We will be organizing the funds and determining the best way to get them into the local community (e.g. direct transfer of funds to local NGO We Are Mayreau, Inc. or by purchasing internationally and arranging for shipment to Mayreau) as it becomes more clear what the best options are in these dire circumstances.

Here's what our beautiful island looked like before: