Friday, November 02, 2007

Help victims of the floods in Mexico


Emergency relief efforts are underway for thousands of people affected by a series of storms that caused the worst flooding in Mexico's history and tore through the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Thousands are being evacuated to neighboring states while some 300,000 people remain trapped in their homes by the flooding.

You can help the victims of this disaster by making a donation to one of the organizations below:

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
Providing food baskets for families in the Dominican Republic whose homes were swept away by the floods, or were rescued from the roofs of their homes

Catholic Relief Services
Providing food, water, blankets and other basic emergency supplies to thousands of affected families

Church World Service
Supporting an effort by a local partner organization to assist the most vulnerable and most impoverished; the ones who have not received assistance by local and national authorities during previous emergencies

Medical Teams International
Sending relief workers for initial disaster response and will assess where volunteers and supplies are needed

Save the Children
Assisting children and families affected by the deadly storm that battered the island of Hispaniola

World Vision
Working to ensure the safety of local families while they wait for roads to be cleared. Their Mexico staff is helping to move people to temporary shelters located in schools, parking lots, hospitals, and higher elevation areas

Create a charity badge for one of these organizations; you can spread the word to family and friends making a difference for the victims in need.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Catholic Relief Services has committed $1 million to emergency relief in Mexico. We are working with Caritas Mexicana and Caritas Tabasco to provide food, water, shelter and emergency supplies to the people displaced by the flooding. We have committed an additional $500,000 for relief in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. For more info, go to www.crs.org.

Anonymous said...

I can volunteer down there now, i have some time, can't find any volunteer orgs online, not enough info, send info to sanmentolabs at yahoo dot com
thanks
mike

Berimbauone said...

Tabasco Flood Donations - Help save Mexico flood victims

http://rootcoffee.blogspot.com/2007/11/race-to-save-mexico-flood-victims.html

Friday, November 2, 2007

From BBC News: A massive rescue operation is under way in the southern Mexican
state of Tabasco after rains caused the worst flooding there in more than 50
years.

More than one million people are believed to be affected, with 300,000
thought to be trapped in their homes and more rain forecast in coming days. Most
of the state is under water and its governor has urged anyone who owns a boat to
help the rescue operation.

President Felipe Calderon said the situation was
"extraordinarily grave". "It's one of the worst natural disasters in the history
of the country," he said in a televised address on Thursday night.

How can we help? Below you'll find information and links to donation and assistance organizations (Please email me at rootcoffee@gmail.com or go to http://rootcoffee.blogspot.com/2007/11/race-to-save-mexico-flood-victims.htmlfor any comments/questions or suggestions)

You can send monetary donations from the US and abroad through these links, please pass them to your contacts:

1. The State of Tabasco Official Site has many links to donation sites and account numbers for monetary donations: http://www.tabasco.gob.mx/

2. American Red Cross International Response Fund, Make a secure online donation to the Tabasco Flood relief fund here: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_mexico_1107&s_subsrc=RCO_ProfilePage_Link&s_src=F7ZWGR00.

3. UNICEF USA has opened an account for Tabasco's displaced children, UNICEF's donation page is here: http://www.unicefusa.org/site/c.duLRI8O0H/b.25933/k.8DDD/US_Fund_for_UNICEF__US_Fund_for_UNICEF.htm

4. The Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles has posted their Bank Account for donations at http://www.sre.gob.mx/losangeles/En Estados Unidos la cancillería abrió las cuentas: en el Wells Fargo Bank NA, con el número 599253401; 'Ayuda Tabasco 2007' y BBVA BANCOMER depositando en la cuenta número: 2280300127 "AYUDA A TABASCO 2007"y ABA 1-2222-05-06 para depósitos fuera de California.

5. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has $1 million pledged to help its partners Caritas Mexicana and Caritas Tabasco provide food, water, blankets and other basic emergency supplies to thousands of affected families.CARITAS Mexico are taking donations here: https://secure2.convio.net/crs/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=2363

6. Save the Children Moves to Assist Families in Flooded Mexico, they are taking donations here: http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2007/flooding-in-mexico.html?WT.mc_id=x_gg_emerflooding_txt_7&WT.srch=1

7. We are also collecting donations and distributing them to two community shelters that the Muñoz and Caldera and other block families are organizing in one of the last dry areas at Calle Antonio Suarez Hernandez, Colonia Reforma, C.P. 86080, Villahermosa, Tabasco. You can send donations via Paypal to Root Coffee Here. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=rootcoffee%40gmail%2ecom&item_name=Root%20Coffee%20%2d%20Tabasco%20Flood%20Donations&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the support.

Greetings from Villahermosa, Tabasco.

Anonymous said...

What a tragedy this story isn't even making the news. I am looking to organize some folks to go down there to help out and also to study the topography to find out why this happened. If you are interested I'm leaving some time after new years. Please email cellicini at hotmail dot com Also to conduct animal rescue if this is needed.

Anonymous said...

I am trying to find the most direct and efficent way to send funds to Tabasco, Mexico but an still not sure which way to do so. I want all of the funding to go to this cause and and not sure which to choose to have the funds do so.And suggestions for sites to do so through would be helpful. Thank you.

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