Earlier this month, Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, killing 50 people and wreaking havoc on everything in it’s path. In the wake of this tragic storm, a cruise ship full of passengers and crew members abandoned their planned 7-day to help the victims that were affected by it.

The Celebrity Equinox left Fort Lauderdale, Florida with 3,000 guests onboard with the intention of landing in Nassau at the end of their week-long voyage. After the storm hit, however, the ship diverted course to another Bahamian island that had not been affected as badly by the hurricane.

Instead of returning to Florida, however, the passengers and cruise alike decided to turn their voyage into a humanitarian mission by preparing, packaging, and serving more than 10,000 sandwiches and water bottles to Bahamians who were victimized by Hurricane Dorian. Even the children onboard the ship got involved by making handmade cards for evacuees who might need some cheering up.

The Celebrity Cruise guests aren’t the only ones going above and beyond to help the hurricane victims. Other cruise liners like the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, The Walt Disney Company and Carnival Corporation have also been using their ships to deliver supplies to the islands and provide transportation for families seeking sanctuary. On top of that, Unicef just announced that more than 1.5 tons of life-saving supplies that they sent arrived in Nassau this week.

“This first supply shipment of UNICEF humanitarian items was freighted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and includes over 400,000 water purification tablets, several 5,000-liter tanks for at least 2,000 people and 1,000 jerry cans,” Unicef said.

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