International Rescue Group
International Rescue Group provides disaster relief and humanitarian aid by boat with volunteer crews. Capt. Ray Thackeray oversees IRG’s Progresso Yucatan Base and the overhaul of a 100′ ketch (vessel). IRG supports multiple charities including Little Footprints Big Steps Orphanage in Les Cayes, Haiti. They’ve delivered vital supplies to the most under-resourced countries in the western World. With the help of Allison Thompson, an Australian who became Ambassador to Haiti’s Ministry of the Environment, IRG delivered 50 cases of tools to Haiti Communitere, six pallets of medical supplies and 1000 cubic feet of recycled sails to subsistence fishermen for Sails for Sustenance.
As a result of hurricane damage, IRG’s 100′ ketch has two large dents in her hull that need to be covered with steel plates. The work will be done by local welders in a boat yard in Progresso, Yucatan, in June 2019.