this is fantastic now children in Puerto Rico wont be able to receive the education they deserve thanks to their messed up government
Its even worse than that. I’m living through it. Not only are schools closing, hospitals are collapsing. Only around 9% of the island has electricity and it comes and goes at times.
People are dying in hospitals because of lack of diesel for the generators, a lot of the water is now infected, there are disease outbreaks and scareceness of food. I am safe, but many are not.
Some have water, others don’t. We need help. Sending money would be helpful but what would help even more would be sending water filters, filtering water bottles, food, medicine, if somehow possible diesel.
All of you reblogging this news helps, but what we need is physical help. If you can’t, then spread the word, but God if you can send supplies… Please… PLEASE do. We are dying. Help us, help us save ourselves. Help us save our people. Help us save out ISLAND.
If you’re not in a position to ship or transport useful items to the island (which is sure as heck the case for me in New Zealand) then the best thing you can do is give money to a reputable relief organisation operating in the area.
Hispanic Federation UNIDOS fundraising page for Puerto Rico.
Choose the fundraiser you want from the dropdown menu in the “Your Information” section (as you can see from the picture they have several).
Save the Children’s Hurricane Maria fundraising page.
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i mentioned this way back when the storm hit since i’m a native myself, and things seem to be a little better from what i’ve heard over time, but please still help if you’re capable at all.
The island is still overall struggling and was struggling with economic debt a ton way before the storm ever caused damage. Plus, every bit of support goes that much further to helping the island prepare for next hurricane season, and from now until forever all Puerto Ricans–everyone in the Carribean, really–are going to be worried about storms this bad and worse thanks to climate change.
