October 30, 2024
By Lauren Lamb and Aaron Weaver
DECATUR, Ga. — CBF Disaster Response has contributed $20,000 to provide emergency assistance to aid those suffering in Cuba in the aftermath of Hurricane Oscar in partnership with CBF of Florida and the Caribbean Islands and leadership of the Baptist Churches of Eastern Cuba.
Hurricane Oscar began as a tropical storm but turned into a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall October 20 that left at least seven dead in eastern Cuba and resulted in a crucial need for food aid. The storm damaged homes, roads, crops, livestock and further damaged Cuba’s already critical electrical grid.
The financial support funds three community kitchens based at local churches in the most affected areas, providing a daily meal to a total of 1,000 people for 20 days with prior to feeding families with children, pregnant women and senior adults.
CBF Global Missions Coordinator Laura Ayala thanked Cooperative Baptists for their continued support of CBF Disaster Response’s hurricane relief efforts.
“As we continue to support the recovery efforts in the United States after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, in collaboration with CBF Florida & the Caribbean Islands, your donations have made it possible to provide one hot meal a day to children and vulnerable adults at three communities devastated by Hurricane Oscar in Cuba,” said Ayala.
Your gifts to CBF Disaster Response help change lives and make stories of hope like this possible. Please give generously at www.cbf.net/hurricane-relief.
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