Activities:

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Construct or retrofit multi-use buildings that can be used as shelters, able to withstand the impacts of a Category 5 hurricane, with the following features:​​

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  • A grid-tied renewable energy supply, with adequate battery, in addition to an independent stand-by diesel-powered generator, sufficient to meet the needs of the shelter when it is operating at full capacityRainwater harvesting capability

  • Adequate water storage to meet the needs of the shelter, operating at full capacity, for a minimum of seven days.

  • Properly equipped first aid centre.

  • Separate male and female toilets and shower facilities.

  • Child and youth-safe facilities.

  • Adequately equipped kitchen facilities

  • Reliable communications system that can remain operational during a power outage

  • Adequate solid and liquid waste disposal/sanitation facilities

  • Storage facilities for basic supplies

  • An accurate database of residents living in the catchment community by the centre