"Rahul Singh, executive director of GlobalMedic, a Canadian charity based in Etobicoke, said the organization has told the Jamaican government that it can send water purification units, drones and family emergency kits if needed. "Everything is on standby," Singh said. "There's so many Jamaican Canadians that live here. It's important for them to know that we've got their back," he said. "When people need our help, we're there.""
"Singh said GlobalMedic can send 10 water purification units that can be bolted into walls at clinics, shelters, schools and feeding centres. It can also fill airplane cargo holds with between 900 to 1,000 family emergency kits that contain hygiene kits, solar-powered lights and non-electric water filters. Each point of source water purification unit, contained inside a black military-style case, can purify 12 litres of water a minute and take care of 1,000 people a day, according to Singh."
GlobalMedic, a Canadian charity based in Etobicoke, told the Jamaican government it can send water purification units, drones and between 900 and 1,000 family emergency kits if Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica. The charity can deploy ten bolted-in water purification units for clinics, shelters, schools and feeding centres. Each portable purification unit, in a military-style case, purifies 12 litres a minute and can serve about 1,000 people per day. Family kits include hygiene supplies, solar-powered lights and non-electric water filters. The U.S. National Hurricane Center forecasts Melissa near or over Jamaica by Tuesday; a Category 5 landfall would be the strongest since 1851. Clean water is essential to prevent typhoid after storm damage, and initial teams would bring purification cases immediately following impact.
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