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hi puerto rico is dead

IRMA JUST LEFT AND NOW MARIA IS ON HER WAY AND SHES GOING TO SLICE RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND AS A CAT3/4. We haven’t even gotten over the damages with irma yet and some people STILL dont have water or power and now we’re getting hit with something thats going to be even worse for us PLEASE PLEASE pray for puerto rico and the caribbean because this shit is serious

As of 9/18 Maria is now a CAT5.

If you are able, donating money is one of the most efficient ways to help in a time of crisis.

After a cursory search these are a few charities that are helping with hurricane relief and are highly rated on charity navigator. International Medical Corps, Direct Relief, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, Heart to Heart International, and Helping Hand for Relief and Development

Feel free to add more/let me know if some of the ones I listed are not using funds appropriately.

hello i am Puerto Rican and i will say this:

From Irma there was this fund set up by a local nonproft organization called Taller Salud (Health Workshop– its an awkward translation) to help families in the historically marginalized, poor and Afro-Puerto Rican municipality of Loíza who lost their homes due to poor construction. 

The Taller Salud fund is in paypal and its this one. PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TO THEM!!! These families DO NOT HAVE HOMES and will pass hurricane María in shelters as refugees. Taller Salud is also HIGHLY TRUSTED among Puerto Ricans. 

This is the only monetary fund I know of helping Puerto Ricans, since other monetary funds are via a service only available on the Island called ATH Movíl (Mobile Debit) or via the local bank. There will probably be more set up after the passage of the hurricane, and if i have internet ill try to update this post. 

Furthermore, the way donations after disasters work here is by donating objects, important first aid items, food, and service. Donations here do not tend to be monetary, so i’d be wary of donating to organizations that are international and say they will help here, bc they might not. But then again, we’ve literally never seen a natural disaster of this kind so….. I do not know. 

Hang in there people.