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Holy Trinty Primary School To Rise From The Rubble

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Primary School in Barbuda About To Be Reborn With Toronto Help Photo by Horace Thorne By Stephen Weir Toronto help is on its way to a still battered island of Barbuda.   A shipment of building supplies and an airlift of windows and doors will soon be on its way to help in the rebuilding of the Holy Trinity Primary School. Hurricane Irma passed directly over Barbuda in September 2017. Irma was the fifth strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, and it reached peak intensity just before landfall, when 180 mph winds damaged almost every structure on the island, flattening many of them. Just days later, a mere “normal” hurricane, Jose, also passed over Barbuda. “ Most people think that life has returned to normal on Barbuda said Toronto volunteer Eric Delfish. “But that is not the case. Some are still in temporary housing, so while this shipment does answer a need, help is still needed.” The 20ft long container is currently in an Etobicoke forwarding company a