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- These are the efforts we are doing at the chamber of commerce. In collaboration with PROFESA ORG. they are shipping and directing help. We are picking it up from ports and warehouses and distributing items in different towns. We deliver items to distribution centers and get involved in the process all the way to the communities where we follow the things and ensure organizations like Lazos de Amor are delivered along with other donations.
We are respecting the distribution logistics so work is not duplicated. We are also taking individual cases and helping with needs as they come. The chamber is serving as a guarantee that items reach organizations supporting and communities affected by Fiona.
In addition to all the items we usually receive. These are the Areas of opportunity I see:
1. Mud removal from roads and homes
2. Bedsheets of all sizes
3. Generators/power plants
4. Oil for power plants
5. Gift Cards to purchase gas
6. 53% of the population is over 65. It’s hard for most to maintain turn on or off the generators/plant. So they stay in the box.
7. Community electrical oasis
8. Community internet oasis
9. More community kitchens a warm meal
10. Volunteers to help fill FEMA applications
11. Spaces to help fill FEMA applications
12. Social workers visit the elder in their homes.
13. Elders like to have Lamps. Like when there was no electricity on the island.
14. Solar everything. Fans, radios, power banks, lights.
15. Gas Stoves
16. Construction materials
Transportation to go buy their own food at the supermarket
At the moment these are the items and social needs that I see when I go to the communities.