A TERI super yacht worker and her crew members have embarked on a mercy mission to deliver food to orphans in Haiti.
Thirty-two year-old Julie Scott has spoken of the pride and despair she experienced in the quake-ravaged country, when the motor yacht she is working on made a special drop-off comprising a ton of rice, 250 gallons of bottled water, 27 cases of canne
d meat and fish, 15 cases of baby food and other supplies to a children's foundation.
Julie Scott
She explained: "We were very proud of what we were about to do, but as the emails started to come in about the drop-off point, I certainly started to feel quite anxious."
Sailing into the bottle-necked Port-au-Prince port of Haiti was not an option, so they sailed nearer the orphanage to check out a beach landing.
A smaller boat was then used to ferry supplies to shore and a nearby gated holiday resort – which Julie said was bizarrely "business as usual" – where employees helped unload the goods before they were finally trucked to the orphanage 40 miles south of Port-au-Prince, escorted by a security team hired by the foundation.
The Teri seafarer describes their mission as a "very rewarding experience" and says the team has a very special bond now. But she added: "We can't forget the reality of the situation, and what we did was a drop in the ocean."
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