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September 02, 2019
Updated Shelter List, Shelters Will Open at 8AM Monday 2nd September 2019

Updated Shelter List, Shelters Will Open at 8AM Monday 2nd September 2019

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August 10, 2022
Shelter - we can't take any more animals

THE Bahamas Humane Society has announced it is currently unable to accept stray or owner surrendered animals.
This will continue to be the case until BHS is able to find homes for the animals it now has leaving additional room to accommodate new intake.

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November 28, 2018
Salvation Army Reopens Women & Children's Emergency Shelter

The Coca-Cola Company Donates $150,000 To Renovate Shelter Damaged During Hurricane Matthew...The Salvation Army’s Women & Children’s Emergency Shelter was officially reopened on Nov. 25, thanks to a $150,000 donation from The Coca-Cola Company...

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September 07, 2017
RBDF Marines Prepare Shelter

Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force assisted the National Emergency Management Agency Wednesday morning with preparing cots for residents being evacuated from the Family Island residents...

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July 08, 2016
Atlantis hosts shelter management training

As part of hurricane preparedness efforts at Atlantis, Paradise Island, a series of volunteer training exercises ? new for some, a refresher for others ? have been taking place on property readying team members who have signed up for duty should a storm come our way.

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June 27, 2020
DPM reiterates government’s commitment to leave no Bahamian hungry and without shelter

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest, reiterated the Government of The Bahamas’ commitment that: “no Bahamian throughout the length and breadth of this country will be left hungry or without shelter...”

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August 17, 2022
First Lady Ann Marie Davis named Patron of The Salvation Army, pledges to support organization’s efforts to establish larger, modernized women’s shelter

As part of its ongoing efforts to assist the most vulnerable in society, The Salvation Army recently paid a courtesy call to the Office of The Spouse. During the visit, First Lady Davis graciously accepted the organization's invitation to serve as a Salvation Army Patron and champion its efforts to establish a bigger and more modern shelter for women and their young children in need of refuge.

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June 24, 2022
$500,000 for women's shelter

THE government has allocated $500,000 for a new women's shelter, it was revealed in the Senate.

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May 03, 2022
New mobile shelter can house 400, Russell says

As The Bahamas prepares for hurricane season, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director Captain Stephen Russell said yesterday that the government has acquired a mobile shelter that can be deployed during post-storm recovery.

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September 20, 2019
Teddy Bears for Children in Shelters

Her Excellency Mrs. Clara Smith, wife of the Governor General, along her daughter-in-law Charlene Smith, and Kim Sawyer, Deputy Director, Department of Social Services presented children, who were displaced by Cat 5 Hurricane Dorian, with teddy bears at their shelters, September 18, 2019...

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