Torn apart by Hurricane Irma, a family is still picking up the pieces paid UNICEFUSA
Corine Gerald, Sr. and her children Jerrene, 11, and James Jr., 13, live in a rental house in Antigua. The family was displaced from their home in Barbuda by Hurricane Irma in 2017.Corine and James Gerald, Sr. have been married for nine years, but they have been living apart since Hurricane Irma's 185-mph winds barreled into Barbuda in September 2017, forcing all 1,800 of the island's residents to evacuate to Antigua.
Corine Gerald and her children Jerrene, 11, and James Jr., 13, at their temporary home on Antigua. The children were traumatized after Hurricane Irma forced them to evacuate. A UNICEF counseling program helped.At first, Corine and the children stayed with friends in Antigua.
Eleven-year-old Jerrene shares a laugh with fellow students at Princess Margaret Secondary School in St. John's, Antigua. Jerrene and her brother and mother remained in Antigua because there were better education opportunities there.To help them recover from the trauma they experienced, James Jr. and Jerrene participated in UNICEF's Return to Happiness counseling program, which encourages children to share their feelings through conversation, art, play and sports.
Now Corine and her children are living in a small, two-bedroom rental house in St. Johns, the capital of Antigua. James Jr. is repeating a level in school, and he's excelling. But being in the top 100 students hasn't exempted him from the trauma that can still creep in every time hurricane season rolls around."This September, we began to worry," says Corine."This [house] is not safe for us. And after what we've been through, we just reflect back.
On the island of Barbuda, James Gerald, Sr. stands in front of his family's home, damaged by Hurricane Irma. He looks forward to being reunited with his wife and children one day. "I'd like to be there for them as a father, every day," he says."I'd like to be there for them as a father, every day. When we were together as a family, I'd always make sure when I got home to ask the kids if they had any homework. We got things done together, as a team.
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