GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC

GEM provides full education and scholarship for 50 students in Jacmel, Haiti. The students attend various private schools such as Ecole Baptiste De Saint Cyr (Kindergarten and Primary), Ecole Baptiste De Saint Cyr (Hosanna College) and Ecole Chretienne Evangelique De Lauture (Primary and Middle School) in Jacmel, Haiti. GEM provides all transportation, school supplies, uniforms, school meal plans as well as tutoring programs and computer training during the summer as well. In addition, GEM has also provided vocational training for these students parents.

GEM funds the full education of 37 children at Ecole Baptiste De Saint Cyr (Kindergarten and Primary), Ecole Baptiste De Saint Cyr (Hosanna College) and Ecole Chretienne Evangelique De Lauture (Primary and Middle School) in Jacmel, Haiti. HEM also provides all transportation, school supplies, uniforms, school meal plans as well as tutoring programs and computer training during the summer. In addition, HEM has also provided vocational training for these students parents.

The organization has created a distribution program which offers and includes food, water, water filters, clothing, shoes, hygiene products, security lights, special necessities for infants and toddlers, mattresses, bedding etc. Individuals participating in the programs must meet poverty guidelines and be committed to contributing to make their children's lives better.

Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) is managing 3 warehouses, where supplies that have been donated from all over the United States are being sorted, crated and flown overseas to the most hard-hit areas. Our combined efforts have resulted in over 40 planes sent to Puerto Rico with millions in aid. We sent a large ship with hundreds of containers to Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Dominca. Since September 2022, GEM has been responding to the great need in the Ft. Myers community after Hurricane Ian. We have a hub serving Lee and Collier Counties. This is ongoing relief work and we appreciate your support.

Puerto Rico Earthquake. GEM #bstrong and our Puerto Rico ground partner, Yo No Me Quito, was on the ground within 48 hours of the January 7, 2020 earthquake. Distributed $20,000 in strong cash cards to earthquake survivors in shelters in the towns of Ponce, Yauco, Guanayilla, Guanica and Penuelas. In addition to providing generators to the elderly and sending containers of aid.

GEM has responded to wildfires in California, Oregon, Amazon and Australia. GEM was on the ground within days of these wild fires assessing needs of victims and fire fighting agencies as well as animal shelters and communities. GEM visited shelters to distribute cash cards to evacuees and fire survivors. Provided fire gear and necessary support to fire departments for long-term efforts. In the Amazon GEM supplies fire fighters gear for 700 volunteer fire fighters. In California GEM provided emergency response as well as long term programs of assisting the victims that had lost their homes a housing or relocation grant in addition to a tool gift program to get victims back to work through our “Get Back to Work” grant program. GEM received grants of over $300,000.00 from agencies so that GEM could facilitate the cash card distribution programs and relocation programs.

Post Hurricane Dorian GEM has focuses on the outer islands of Moores and Abaco and is assisting with the repairs and rebuilding of over 500 homes and 3 schools. 15 barge shipments to 3 Abaco Islands totaling over 3.5 million lbs of aid and building supplies have been delivered. GEM evacuated 859 people from the disaster zone. GEM has a long term committed to stabilizing these communities by repairing homes, reopening schools and repairing businesses. I addition GEM has created a Adopt a Fisherman program that aids these person to receive fishing gear and crab/lobster traps so their business can reactivate and provide independence. GEM has also donated over 20 fishing boats to these communities, as well as repairing local businesses and restaurants.

In 2022, GEM, in partnership with SmartAID, LHI, and MWCF, created an education initiative and network to support Ukrainian students in Poland, Romania, Moldova, and beyond. With an influx of hundreds of thousands of new students under refugee status, schools and families are facing multiple difficulties. In response to this, the Smart Class program was created. Smart Classes are Ukrainian-taught classrooms, which will be fully supplied with everything students need to continue their education from a new location. Each Smart Class can serve 45 students, and will be tailored to the specific venue, which can range from existing school classrooms to refugee shelters. Every class is equipped with laptops, projectors, tablets, speakers, headphones, and interactive boards to allow for an effective, safe, and stable learning environment for students.