How to Donate to Aid Puerto Rico’s Recovery After Hurricane Fiona
After a week without power following Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico needs fast, generous, and effective help from the federal government as well as from businesses and nonprofits.
Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico last weekend as a Category 1 storm with sustained winds of 90 mph, per CNN causing a power outage for millions across the island. "In many areas that had never seen flooding, there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water," Governor Pedro Pierluisi said. "In fact, in many areas, it was greater than what we saw during Hurricane Maria."
While immediate crisis response is underway, it will not be enough. Here, we list various organizations that are focusing their efforts on recovery and aid for the people of Puerto Rico.
SINFINESPR
https://sinfinespr.org/cuentax2
Instagram: @sinfinespr
SINFINESPR is a Titín Foundation program with a commitment to strengthening the non-profit sector in Puerto Rico. On this platform, the organization has brought together tools that allow other organizations to acquire greater visibility, resources, connections, and the capacity for a more efficient and effective operation.
Plenitud PR
https://www.plenitudpr.org/welcome
Instagram: @plenitudpr
Plenitud PR is on the ground supporting their neighbors and surrounding communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona by cooking fresh meals, providing emergency supplies, organizing clean-up “brigadas,” purchasing harvests from local farmers, and more.
Brigada Solidaria del Oeste
https://www.bsopr.com/
Instagram: @brigadasolidariadeloeste
“We decided not to sit around waiting for help from the government and FEMA, which we knew would take a long time to arrive and would not meet the real and pressing needs of the community in the South and West in these moments of crisis.”
Through self-management and mutual support, they have managed to unite hundreds of people in Puerto Rico and the diaspora in just recovery efforts.
Amigxs del M.A.R.
https://www.amigxsdelmar.org/
Instagram: @amigxsdelmarpr
Amigxs del MAR (Revolutionary Environmental Movement) arises from the prevailing need for citizen action to defend the environment and natural resources of Puerto Rico and the health of its citizens.
Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico
https://www.comedoressocialespr.org/
Instagram: @comedores.socialespr
Created in 2013, Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eradicate hunger in Puerto Rico through strategies of collective work and the socialization of resources in favor of the majority of Puerto Ricans.
Santuario de Animales San Francisco de Asis (Animal Shelter)
https://sasfapr.org/
Instagram: @santuario.sasfapr
The Santuario is located in Cabo Rojo, and it is the first animal sanctuary in western Puerto Rico. We are also one of four shelters on the island where euthanasia is not applied due to a lack of space or time awaiting adoption.
The Santuario is organized as a nonprofit corporation and headed by a Board of Directors which is fully engaged in its day-to-day affairs.
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