Macario Advantage is beginning to assemble donated and purchased items to be shipped later this year to the eastern Caribbean islands in response to needs identified during the early-2018 work season. The local humanitarian organizations on the islands have many, many...
Although cleaning up the environment on the eastern Caribbean islands is not a core activity for Macario Advantage, removing and recycling debris is something that we discuss with the authorities whenever possible while we are on the islands. We are encouraged by...
Working in recovery mode on the island of Dominica, (where the eye of Storm Maria passed over),tested our resolve. Challenges were many but we remained focused. Explore some of the facilities that Macario Advantage assisted in our latest newsletter.
One of our most frequent volunteers in Dominica lost both the family home and small business during Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and has spent the subsequent months living in a shelter with her husband and two children. As a matter of policy, Macario Advantage...
Macario Advantage prepared two new facilities at the Roosevelt Douglas Primary School in Portsmouth, Dominica. A room was cleared and cleaned to make way for an sick bay for any student that might need a place to sit or lie down for a minor ailment or injury until...
On Sunday, February 25, Macario Advantage coordinated a visit by over 50 foreign yachters to the Kalinago Territory in Dominica for a cultural experience. During the visit, the local people put on art and cultural exhibitions for the cruisers. Macario Advantage...