Bahamas

Helping friends and neighbors in hurricane recovery

An outpouring of support and supplies is helping households in the Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian, which struck the islands in August 2019. Drawing on the cohesion born of a community that prays together and is learning, together with their friends and neighbors, to apply spiritual principles to their individual and collective lives, the Bahá’ís of the Bahamas have been able to channel its energies during the bicentenary period to contribute to the disaster relief efforts that are under way in their neighborhoods.

Youth and children study the history of the life of the Báb

As part of bicentenary activities, youth and children in a neighborhood in Nassau, Bahamas, gather to study the life of the Báb. The group studies with keen interest, carefully defining difficult words as they progress through the events.

Young people in the Bahamas advance bicentenary preparations

With the support of parents in the community, children and junior youth meet to prepare for the bicentenary in the Bahamas.