Dear friends, students, and colleagues:
Given the current crisis and devastation in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, and in Mexico due to the multiple earthquakes, the Latina and Latino Studies Program is listing various links to organizations across the U.S. who are sending supplies, food, water, and other needed items to our communities.
We exhort you to choose the organizations you feel more comfortable with and to contribute as much as you can.
Thank you for your generosity!
We will continue to update the list as we identify more links. If you want to share additional links with us, feel free to email Carlos Ballinas at carlos.ballinas@northwestern.edu.
Frances Aparicio, Director
Latina and Latino Studies Program
Below are the links:
Helping Hand for Relief and Development
https://www.hhrd.org/
Mexico Earthquake Relief Fund
International Community Foundation
Taller Salud:
This is the link for donations for Irma, but I don’t know when they will have something for Maria:
You can also donate directly through their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/taller.salud/
National Boricua Human Rights Network
http://boricuahumanrights.org/?page_id=6588
Make checks payable to:
National Boricua Human Rights Network Chicago
Attn: Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fund
PAYPAL: PRHurricaneRelief@boricuahumanrights.org
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico
https://www.cdpecpr.org/comedores-sociales-de-puerto-rico
Sustainable Farming Support: Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico
A 28-year-old grassroot organization that works and promotes agroecology within the food sovereignty struggle. Boricuá, is the official Chapter in Puerto Rico of the international peasant movement: La Vía Campesina (LVC)- Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC). Boricuá, is a network of peasants (campesinos/as), farmers, farm workers, educators and activists that are deeply involved in a national social justice movement that builds a sustainable agriculture platform for small and medium scale peasants and farmers. Recently hurricane María had a great impact in Puerto Rico. The country is completely classified as a disaster zone. All of the agriculture is gone. Even though ageoecology farms have been proven to be resilient, the impact of María was so strong that green landscapes and ecosystems in Puerto Rico are now brown with lots of fallen trees. So, we are asking anyone that can help to donate whatever you can to help our organization and peasant network bounce up again.
You can donate directly to the Organización Boricuá bank account, Banco Popular Account: #162039034 or by PayPal: organizacion.boricua@gmail.com
Institute for Socio Ecological Research (ISER) Caribe
My friend Ryan Hamilton is working with www.isercaribe.org to coordinate the purchasing of water filtration units of 60 gallon capacity that can be deployed in affected areas of Puerto Rico. Each system is $200. ISER Caribe is a recognized non profit so all you donations are tax deductible
CUENTA DE BANCO /BANK ACCOUNT INFO
Institute for Socio Ecological Research Inc.
PO Box 3151
Lajas , PR 00667-3151
Via Cabo Rojo Coop
Routing Number 221582310
Account#/ NÚMERO DE CUENTA 1011724826
or click here to donate via paypal
If interested in contributing to this effort please don’t hesitate to contact ryanamhamilton@gmail.com with any questions
Maria Fund:
This is being managed by the Center for Popular Democracy
Acacia Network
Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico
tel: (787) 728-8500
Caritas Puerto Rico
tel: 787 300-4953
http://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/latin-america/puerto-rico/
Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico
tel: 787-721-1037
Maria & Irma: Puerto Rico Real-time Recovery Fund
tel: 787-773-1100
https://www.generosity.com/emergencies-fundraising/maria-irma-puerto-rico-real-time-recovery-fund
Hurricane Maria Children’s Relief Fund
Animal Donations:
Animals of Culebra
https://www.gofundme.com/animals-of-culebra
Save a Gato
PayPal : SaveAGatoPR@gmail.com
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=EK2QUZU4AQYSL
Specific Item Donations
Local Drop Off Donation Locations *NOTE: I do not know much about this doc, so please do your due diligence and look into the org/drop off location to ensure you feel comfortable donating there
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fyalhL8afPuAZ5gPbLI_oevEKGHXrJ7nYglMYY6O03s/edit?usp=sharing
For Volunteers/Para Voluntariado-
*note orgs ask that people not go to Puerto Rico to help on their own as they could create an additional burden
Centro Para el Desarrollo del Voluntariado
https://www.voluntariospuertorico.com/huracanmaria
Project Hope medical volunteers
Puerto Rico Chapter: Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
http://prvoad.communityos.org/cms/irma
*volunteers interested in connecting with public services and disaster relief organizations.
Tech Help:
If you have coding, programming, or technical skills, Startups of Puerto Rico has opened a registry to connect with organizations or agencies with pressing needs in Puerto Rico.
This “inventory” of talent will be connected with opportunities to help develop support services or create and innovate new solutions.
Federal Employee Volunteer:
http://prfaa.pr.gov/federalscf/
If available, please send an email to surgecapacityforce@prfaa.pr.gov and include your name, federal agency, position, and location. Also indicate if you are fluent in Spanish, if you have an ICS qualification, and a background in law enforcement, military, search and rescue, or any other prior emergency response participation effort.
Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 191914
San Juan, PR 00919
tel: (787) 728-8500
fax: (787) 728-7099
Caritas Puerto Rico
201 Calle San Jorge
Esquina Baldorioty de Castro
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902
P.O. Box 8812, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-0812
tel: 787 300-4953
http://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/latin-america/puerto-rico/
Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico
1719 Ave. Ponce de León
San Juan, PR 00909-1905
tel: 787-721-1037
https://www.fcpr.org/
Hurricane Maria Children’s Relief Fund
Save the Children
501 Kings Highway East, Suite 400,
Fairfield, CT 06825
https://secure.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.9535647/k.A2B9/Hurricane_Maria_Childrens_Relief_Fund/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp
Maria & Irma: Puerto Rico Real-time Recovery Fund
ConPRmetidos
1511 Ave. Ponce de León Suite K, La Ciudadela
San Juan P.R. 00909
tel: 787-773-1100
https://www.generosity.com/emergencies-fundraising/maria-irma-puerto-rico-real-time-recovery-fund
VOICES FOR PUERTO RICO is an initiative by Artists in the Diaspora to support those affected in Puerto Rico by natural disaster, most recently Hurricane María.
http://www.voicesforpuertorico.com/