Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI),
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, was visibly moved as he opened his Forum
on the Hurricane Response in The Bahamas on Friday, September 13, 2019.
Calling it a ‘zone of vulnerability and devastation’, he addressed the
enormity of devastation, the magnitude of effort required to rebuild,
and The UWI’s role in the context of post-colonial vulnerability.

The
Vice-Chancellor and UWI teams had been and are in the affected islands
working on the ground and with Government officials in the aftermath of
Hurricane Dorian which clocked winds of 220 and battered the islands of
Abaco and Grand Bahama for almost two days…
Source: https://www.thebahamasweekly.com