The official death toll as of the publication of this article is about 50, but according to officials in the Bahamas the destruction has been catastropic and unprecedented throughout the islands.
The main airport has been leveled, many parts of the islands are under water, thousands of homes have been destroyed and the death toll is expected to rise dramatically.
Tens of thousands are known to be without food, shelter or medical supplies. An international humanitarian relief effort has begun and if you want to help with or donate to the relief effort, here are links to click for information and directions on how to get involved:
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/8-ways-help-bahamas-recover-hurricane-dorian
Message from Phil Davis From The Coalition Of African American Leaders Website:
“Black brothers & sisters in Abaco must be wondering why the US Black Community is ignoring the needs of their people….Jessie Jackson is silent…Farrakhan is silent….”
COAL then asked Phil:
“What are your thoughts on what needs to be done? “
The following suggestion was Mr. Davis’ response:
“How about all the wealthy “rappers” do a benefit for these people without taking a dime in: Detroit, Chicago, Brooklyn, Miami, New Orleans,…every location that has a big AA population..
Then contract with distributors of Manufactured homes to put a thousand on cargo ships to be delivered to Abaco?
Florida, near by, is a big source of these homes….this could be done…”
Finally, from COAL:
“If any of our members or community-of-interest have the connections to get the ball rolling on this, let’s do it !”