Hurricane Melissa is bearing down on the Caribbean, poised to make landfall as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with winds exceeding 170 mph. Children are especially vulnerable in devastating disasters and are in desperate need of protection and support.
Our teams are responding right now and are prioritizing:
Supporting immediate needs of children and families with essential items
Distributing emergency cash assistanceto displaced families
Restoringaccess to education,so children can keep going to school
Providingmental health support for children in crisis
Save the Children has been workingin the Dominican Republic and Haiti for over 40 years. We are drawing on over onehundred years of experience in humanitarian response to ensure children's needs are prioritized.
Your support to ourChildren’s Emergency Fundensures we can act quickly when disasters strike in the U.S. and around the world, like Hurricane Melissa.
