“Maui Rescue Mission is not able to access western Maui because it is ‘completely cut off from communication and power,’ according to Lauren Henrie, a communications consultant for the hyperlocal nonprofit organization that organizes mobile outreach to the homeless.
‘We as a local nonprofit are not able to even access anything west of Maalaea. West Maui is completely cut off from communication and power,’ she told CNN, adding that there have been more than 1,000 names of those missing posted on local Facebook groups. ‘That’s very fluid, but that’s sort of what we’re seeing at a hyperlocal level.’
Churches and nonprofits ‘are sending materials via boat to west Maui and via air because the two ways to access the west side of Maui are closed off to everyone except emergency personnel right now,’ she said. Henrie said that it is hard to determine what is needed and the scale of the need, because the scope of the devastation is not clear. The organization is waiting for access approval, she added. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE.
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