Desperate plight

Wed, Feb 5th 2020, 08:47 AM

Pleasant Dawkins is living in the shell of her Dundas Town home on Abaco. It has no windows, the roof leaks, there is no running water or electricity and she has no car. The only privacy she has in her home is sheetrock a charity group erected around the remains of a bedroom. But the room has no door. Five months after the monster Hurricane Dorian, the mangled homes in Dundas Town and Murphy Town stretch on for miles. Mountains of debris guide the way. Dawkins recently returned home after living on New Providence for a few months after the storm. Since her return, she said, she’s gutted her home and was able to board up what once were her windows. The charity group, Samaritan’s Purse, placed a heavy tarp on her roof so the leaking would stop. She said a bad storm blew the tarp off, forcing them to install another.

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