NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has released its listing of official hurricane shelters for teh 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season with some 143 approved sites across the country.
The hurricane season commences June 1 and ends November 30, 2022.
Weather forecasters at The Bahamas Department of Meteorology are predicting another above-average season with 19 named storms, including nine hurricanes, four of which are expected to become major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher with maximum sustained winds of 111mph or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.
The release read: “There are two main drivers for this Season’s forecast: an El Nino weather event is not expected in the Pacific during the 2022 Hurricane Season, and water temperatures in the Atlantic are hotter than normal.
“When an El Nino forms in the Pacific, it produces strong wind-shear in the upper levels of the atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean which limits the formation of hurricanes. Warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic, on the other hand, fuels the formation of hurricanes. With the absence of an El Nino, the 2022 Season is expected to be active.”
The names of the 2022 Atlantic storm are as follows: Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Ian, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Martin, Nicole, Owen, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tobias, Virginie, and Walter.
The release read: “The National Emergency Management Agency urges all Bahamians and residents, who have not already done so, to finalize their individual, family and business plans ahead of the start of the Season.
“Those plans should include an Emergency Supplies/Preparedness Kit that should include a small First Aid Kit and needed medications, non-perishable food items, battery powered radios, flashlights, extra batteries, hygiene products, masks, whistles (for alerting others if necessary), copies of important documents such as insurance papers and identification (sealed), a list of emergency numbers, cash in small bills, rope, tools, and clothing.”
Below is the Official Shelter List for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season:
(UPDATED AS AT 13 MAY, 2022)
ABACO, CENTRAL DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Central Abaco Primary School |
Dundas Town |
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Friendship Tabernacle |
Dundas Town |
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Guana Cay Primary School |
Guana Cay |
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Man-O-War Primary School |
Man-O-War Cay |
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Hope Town Primary School |
Hope Town |
ABACO, NORTH DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Amy Roberts Primary Pre-School |
Green Turtle Cay |
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Faithwalk Church of God, Community Centre |
Cooper’s Town |
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Grand Cay All Age School Pre-school Block |
Grand Cay |
ABACO, SOUTH DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Crossing Rocks Primary School |
Crossing Rocks |
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Moore’s Island School |
Moore’s Island |
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Sandy Point Community Centre |
Earnest Dean Highway |
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Soul Seeking Ministry |
Moore’s Island |
ACKLINS
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Acklins Community Centre |
Spring Point |
ANDROS, CENTRAL DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Bowen Sound Pentecostal Church |
Bowen Sound |
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Church of God |
Cargill Creek |
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Highway Church of God |
Blanket Sound |
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Miracle Revival International |
Calabash Bay |
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Mt. Ethel Baptist |
Love Hill |
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Mt. Siani Baptist Church |
Calabash Bay |
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St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church |
Behring Point |
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Stafford Creek Primary School |
Stafford Creek |
ANDROS, MANGROVE CAY DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Burnt Rock Primary |
Burnt Rock |
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Mangrove Cay High School |
Swains, Mangrove Cay |
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St. Peters Baptist Church |
Little Harbour, Mangrove Cay |
ANDROS, NORTH DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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B. A. Newton Primary School |
Red Bays |
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BARTAD Building |
BARC Community |
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Clara Evans Primary School |
Nicholls Town |
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Ebenezer Baptist Church |
South Mastic Point |
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First Baptist Church |
San Andros |
ANDROS, SOUTH DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Deep Creek Primary School |
Deep Creek |
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Friendship Baptist Church |
The Bluff |
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Long Bays Cay Preschool |
Long Bay |
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Mount Olive Baptist Church |
Smith’s Hill |
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St. Paul’s Baptist Church |
Black Point |
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The Doctor’s Residence (Special Needs Clinic) |
The Bluff |
BERRY ISLANDS, GREAT HARBOUR CAY
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Church of God of Prophecy |
Great Harbour Cay |
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Community Centre |
Bullocks Harbour |
BIMINI
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Gateway Gymnasium |
Bailey Town |
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Louise McDonald High School |
Alice Town |
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Urban Renewal (Special Needs Shelter) |
Alice Town |
CAT ISLAND
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Lovely Zion Baptist Church |
The Bluff |
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Mt. Sinai Baptist Church |
Douds |
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Seaview Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Wilson Bay |
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St. Andrew’s Anglican Church |
Arthur’s Town |
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St. Mark’s Anglican Church |
Port Howe |
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Zion Baptist Church |
McQueen’s |
CROOKED ISLAND & LONG CAY
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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All Saints Anglican Church, Priest Residence (Colonel Hill and Church Grove Residents) |
Church Grove, Crooked Island |
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Church of God of Prophecy (Landrail Point, Richmond, Moss Town and Cripple Hill Residents) |
Cripple Hill, Crooked Island |
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Command Centre Administrator’s Residence/Local Government Building |
Colonel Hill, Crooked Island |
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Kenneth Farquharson’s Residence (Long Cay Residents) |
Albert Town, Long Cay |
ELEUTHERA, CENTRAL DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Camp Symonette |
James Cistern, Gregory Town |
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Church of The Nazarene |
Palmetto Point |
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Emily G. Petty Primary School |
Governor’s Harbour |
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George E. Johnson |
Hatchet Bay |
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The Salvation Army |
Palmetto Point |
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Wesley Methodist Church Hall |
Palmetto Point |
ELEUTHERA, NORTH DISTRICT
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Charles Wesley Methodist Church |
Lower Bogue |
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Mission Church of God |
Upper Bogue |
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New Jerusalem Church |
Blackwood |
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The Current Community Centre |
The Current |
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The Haitian Baptist People Church |
The Bluff |
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Zion Methodist Church |
Current Island |
ELEUTHERA, SOUTH DISTRICT
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Church of God of Prophecy |
Tarpum Bay |
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Deep Creek Primary School |
Deep Creek |
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Green Castle Primary School |
Green Castle |
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Rock Sound Primary School |
Rock Sound |
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Wemyss Bight Primary School |
Wemyss Bight |
EXUMA
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Bethel Union Baptist Church |
Ramsey |
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Calvary Mission Baptist Church |
Rolleville |
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Ebenezer Union Baptist Church |
Farmer’s Hill |
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Ebenezer Union Baptist Church |
Barraterre |
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Exuma Resource Centre |
Hoopers’ Bay |
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Gethsemane Baptist Church |
Black Point |
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Mt. Herman Union Baptist Church |
Mt. Thompson |
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Mt. Sinai Union Baptist Church |
Stuart Manor |
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Palestine Union Baptist Church |
The Forest |
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St. Andrew’s Community Centre |
George Town |
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St. Luke’s Baptist Church and/or Airport Terminal |
Black Point |
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St. Margaret’s Anglican Church |
Harts/Steventon |
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St. Mary’s Magdalene Anglican Church |
Williams Town |
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St. Matthew’s Union Baptist Church |
The Ferry |
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St. Theresa’s Catholic Church |
George Town |
GRAND BAHAMA
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Bethany Baptist Church |
Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock |
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Bethel Baptist Church |
Pinedale |
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Bethel Deliverance Centre |
Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock |
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Bishop Michael Eldon School/Auditorium |
East Beachway Drive, Freeport |
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Calvary Temple Small Chapel |
Clive Avenue, Freeport |
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Central Zion Baptist Church |
Eight Mile Rock |
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Church of God of Prophecy |
Pinedale |
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Church of the Ascension |
Arden Forest Road, Freeport |
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Community Holiness Church |
Martin Town |
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Eight Mile Rock Gymnasium |
Eight Mile Rock |
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Eight Mile Rock High School |
Eight Mile Rock |
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First Baptist Church |
Columbus Drive, Freeport |
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Foster B. Pestina Hall (Christ the King) (Special Needs Shelter) |
East Atlantic Drive, Freeport |
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Maurice Moore Primary School |
Sandcombe Drive, Arden Forest, Freeport |
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Mount Calvary Baptist Educational Building |
Seagrape |
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New Olivet Baptist Church |
Holmes Rock |
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St. George’s Gymnasium |
Sunset Highway, Freeport |
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Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Sandcombe Drive, Freeport |
HARBOUR ISLAND
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NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Harbour Island Public Library |
Harbour Island |
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Lighthouse Church of God |
Harbour Island |
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New Alliance Church of God |
Harbour Island |
INAGUA
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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New Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
Matthew Town |
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St. Phillips Anglican Community Centre |
Matthew Town |
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Zion Baptist Church |
Matthew Town |
LONG ISLAND
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Assemblies of God |
Salt Pond |
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Community Centre |
Clarence Town |
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Highway Church of God |
Doctors Creek |
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Holy Cross Anglican Church |
Hamiltons |
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Holy Family Anglican Church |
Mortimers |
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Salem Baptist Church |
Millers |
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St. John’s Anglican Church |
Buckleys |
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Seymour’s Gospel Chapel |
Seymour’s |
MAYAGUANA
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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St. James Native Baptist Church |
Abraham’s Bay |
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Betsy Bay Community Centre |
Betsy Bay |
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Mayaguana Comprehensive K- School |
Pirate’s Well |
NEW PROVIDENCE
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church |
Kennedy Subdivision |
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Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
Baillou Hill Road South |
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Canon Neil E. Roach Hall, Holy Cross Anglican Church |
Highbury Park |
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Church of God Convention Centre (for use by SRC) |
Joe Farrington Road |
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Ebenezer Mission Baptist Evangelistic Church |
St. Charles Vincent Street |
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Epworth Hall, Ebenezer Methodist Church (for use by Homeless and People with Physical Disabilities) |
Shirley Street |
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Grants Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
Wellington Street |
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Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
Tonique Williams Darling Highway |
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Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
Prince Charles Drive |
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New Bethlehem Baptist Church |
Independence Drive |
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New Dimensions Ministries |
Joe Farrington Road |
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New Providence Community Centre |
Blake Road |
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Pilgrim Baptist Temple |
St. James Road |
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St. Barnabas Anglican Church |
Wulff Road and Baillou Road |
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Rev. Dr. O. A. Pratt Educational Building, St. John’s Native Baptist Church |
Augusta and Meeting Streets |
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Samuel and Cornella Williams Community Centre, The Salvation Army |
Meadow Street |
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Southwest Cathedral Church of God |
Carmichael Road |
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The Anglican Church of the Epiphany |
Prince Charles Drive |
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The Salvation Army |
Mackey Street |
RAGGED ISLAND
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
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Holy Innocents Anglican Church |
Duncan Town |
SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY
|
NO. |
NAME OF SHELTER |
ADDRESS |
|
Fellowship in Christ Kingdom Ministry |
Cockburn Town |
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Grace Research Center |
United Estates Settlement |
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Idell Jones Community Hall, St. Augustine Church Hall |
Cockburn Town |
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St. Christopher Anglican Church |
Port Nelson, Rum Cay |
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St. James Native Baptist Church |
North Victoria Hill |
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St. John’s Native Baptist Church |
United Estates |
PLEASE NOT THAT THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE; IF NECESSARY
