SE­WA In­ter­na­tion­al T&T, non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion head­ed by Re­van Teelucks­ingh, is cur­rent­ly co-or­di­nat­ing re­lief ef­forts for those af­fect­ed by the re­cent floods. For sev­er­al days ar­eas in south Trinidad, in­clud­ing Bar­rack­pore, Debe, Pe­nal, Sa Fran­cique, Wood­land and Pa­lo Seco have been un­der wa­ter.

In a face­book post over the week­end, SE­WA shared ways in which the pub­lic could con­tribute and vol­un­teer to pro­vide re­lief to those af­fect­ed.

Any­one will­ing to as­sist can spon­sor sand­wich­es from Sub­way for $10 at the fol­low­ing Sub­way branch­es:

La Ro­maine

South Park

Ma­yaro

Price Plaza

Chase Vil­lage

Ari­ma

Trinci­ty

Movi­etowne

Al­so, SE­WA TT re­lief food packs can al­so be do­nat­ed. These are $100 each and are avail­able at many of our su­per­mar­kets (see list be­low).

Each re­lief pack con­tains: flour, rice, oil, milk, bak­ing pow­der, mac­a­roni, oats, peas and beans, san­i­tary sup­plies etc.

Cash do­na­tions are al­so ac­cept­ed to­wards the pur­chase of clean­ing sup­plies, mat­tress­es and wa­ter. This can be made at any Re­pub­lic Bank or via on­line bank­ing to SE­WA’s ac­count.

Name: SE­WA In­ter­na­tion­al TT

Ac­count: 8708 0110 7401

Type: Chequing

Branch: Trinci­ty

Any­one do­nat­ing via the bank is asked to send a what­sapp pic­ture of the de­posit slip or on­line trans­fer to 394-7844.

For more in­fo, call 463.0779 or 686.6888 or email ad­min@se­wattt.org

Re­lief packs can be pur­chased at the fol­low­ing part­ner su­per­mar­kets:

West Bees Su­per­mar­kets: Diego Mar­tin, Trinci­ty

Bet­ter­deal Su­per­mar­ket: Aranguez

Croisee Chase­mart: Chase Vil­lage fly­over

Croisee Su­per­mar­ket: Cal­cut­ta No. 2 Freeport

Low Cost Su­per­mar­ket: Cunu­pia Main Road

Per­sad’s D Food King: Ma­yaro to Point Fortin

S&S Per­sad Su­per­mar­ket: Ma­yaro, Rio Claro

M&S Food City: Pe­nal

Massy Stores: All lo­ca­tions

Xtra Foods: Ari­ma, Grand Bazaar, En­deav­our, Ch­agua­nas

Stop N Shop Su­per­mar­ket: Siparia

Su­per Qual­i­ty Su­per­mar­kets: Cou­va, En­deav­our, Trinci­ty

Here’s the pro­ce­dure:

Vis­it any of the su­per­mar­kets list­ed

In­form cashier that you would like to pur­chase a ‘Se­wa TT Re­lief Pack’

‘Se­wa TT Re­lief Pack’ will ap­pear on your bill

Se­wa TT will col­lect all ‘Re­lief Packs’ from Su­per­mar­kets for dis­tri­b­u­tion to af­fect­ed ar­eas