{"id":372986,"date":"2022-07-26T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=372986"},"modified":"2022-07-26T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:00:54","slug":"uscg-cutter-offloads-potable-water-supplies-on-kiribati-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uscg-cutter-offloads-potable-water-supplies-on-kiribati-island\/","title":{"rendered":"USCG cutter offloads potable water, supplies on Kiribati island"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_372978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372978\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Coast-Guard-pix1-PW-11.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Juniper crew provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, by off-loading potable water and supplies last July 19, 2022, following their extreme drought. In a unified effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the U.S. Coast Guard provided much needed assistance by supplying over 4,000 gallons of safe drinking water, 200 buckets with lids, 600 10-liter water containers, and two 10,000-liter water bladders. (Contributed Photo)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>HONOLULU<\/strong>\u2014The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Juniper crew provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, by offloading potable water and supplies last July 19, 2022, following their extreme drought.<\/p>\n<p>In a unified effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the U.S. Coast Guard provided much needed assistance by supplying over 4,000 gallons of safe drinking water, 200 buckets with lids, 600 10-liter water containers, and two 10,000-liter water bladders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to be given the opportunity to assist in the effort being made to help the people of Kiribati,\u201d said Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Bonner, the Juniper\u2019s commanding officer. \u201cThis mission to provide safe drinking water and supplies to Kiritimati Island was made possible by the timely coordination conducted by the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the United Nations International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund, and the Kiribati government.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While maintaining strict COVID-19 precautions, the crew of the Juniper conducted multiple offloads of water and supplies while working with UNICEF representatives to support the local residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Coast-Guard-pix2-PW-11-300x214.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Juniper crew provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, by off-loading potable water and supplies last July 19, 2022, following their extreme drought. In a unified effort with the U.S. Agency for International Development\u2019s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, the U.S. Coast Guard provided much needed assistance by supplying over 4,000 gallons of safe drinking water, 200 buckets with lids, 600 10-liter water containers, and two 10,000-liter water bladders. (Contributed Photo)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of UNICEF Pacific, let me again express our gratitude to the USCG and USAID for your support with the drought relief efforts in Kiribati,\u201d said Nick Rice Chudeau, chief of UNICEF Kiribati. \u201cWe deeply value our partnership in the country for the benefit of all I-Kiribati children and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to providing humanitarian assistance, the Juniper crew supported Kiribati maritime law enforcement efforts during Operation Blue Pacific, providing patrol coverage in Kiribati\u2019s exclusive economic zone in the effort to deter illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing, strengthen maritime governance in Oceania, and support Kiribati resource security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis mission is a great example of the Coast Guard\u2019s commitment to being a partner in the Blue Pacific and helping respond to a climate crisis,\u201d said Rear Adm. Michael Day, the 14th Coast Guard district commander. \u201cWe are proud to work alongside USAID and UNICEF to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Kiribati.\u00a0 The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to partner with Pacific island countries building climate resilience in the region.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard cutter Juniper is a unique platform with capabilities to conduct a wide array of Coast Guard missions including maintaining aids to navigation and law enforcement. The 225-foot sea-going buoy tender can reach speeds of 16-knots and is able to cover a distance of 6,000 nautical miles before needing to re-fuel, greatly increasing its interoperability with regional partners in Districts 14\u2019s vast area of operation. <strong>(USCG)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU\u2014The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Juniper crew provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, by offloading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":372979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[367,985,719],"class_list":["post-372986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-honolulu","tag-kiribati","tag-uscg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}