Sentences with phrase «distribute emergency supplies»
The group is sending teams to work with local partners and FEMA to distribute emergency supplies in Puerto Rico.
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«LuminAID's core technology — solar lights that pack flat for ease of distribution — was created to address both the need in an emergency and to make it easier for aid workers to distribute supplies on the ground,» Sreshta said.
For days, there were few workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or troops to help organize and distribute supplies.
As of September 28, just over a week after Maria struck Puerto Rico, clean water, food, and fuel for generators were still hard to come by, most cell phone sites were out of service, and emergency officials struggled to distribute supplies throughout the island of 3.4 million people.
Federal workers there are still in emergency mode: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still distributing food and water supplies; the Army Corps of Engineers is still picking up hurricane debris and installing blue roofs on damagemergency mode: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still distributing food and water supplies; the Army Corps of Engineers is still picking up hurricane debris and installing blue roofs on damagEmergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still distributing food and water supplies; the Army Corps of Engineers is still picking up hurricane debris and installing blue roofs on damaged homes.
On September 2, volunteer church members with Hungarian Reformed Church Aid started distributing emergency food, water, and hygiene supplies as the flood of new arrivals grew larger every day.