Team BTC on the ground in Andros for a special post Hurricane Matthew relief effort.

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) on Saturday provided assistance to more than 80 families in Andros impacted by Hurricane Matthew.

The Department of Social Services indicated that there were just over 80 families who were desperately in need of assistance. Many of these families had to be relocated because of the damage or complete loss of their own homes.

CEO Leon Williams walked alongside the BTC team in Andros to provide care packages directly to the people in need.

"This was my second visit to Andros since Hurricane Matthew," Williams said. "The devastation here is beyond anything that I could ever imagine. Last Saturday, the entire team in Andros, along with some of our iVolunteers, walked house to house to deliver care packages. Some persons have lost their entire homes. We saw many foundations as evidence that houses were there just two weeks ago."

BTC provided air mattresses, sheets, towels, toiletry items, bread basket items and water.

The company held an afternoon event in Lowe Sound.

Residents from all over the island attended. There, BTC presented the district education officer with notebooks and pencils to replace those damaged in the storm.

There was a basketball match among the junior schools. BTC also provided residents with bread basket items at the event.
BTC is organizing a relief effort for Grand Bahama and intends to be in the community in a week.

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