Daily News | While needs remain high, local Fiona fundraising slows
Philly Boricuas’ team leader Charito Morales is quickly trying to collect enough school supplies to re-open two schools in the southern parts of Puerto Rico that have been closed since the area flooded in the aftermath of the storm. She has until November 20 to gather the supplies, which will then be shipped by The Coca-Cola Company to the island and given to up to four organizations.
But only about $17,000 has been raised over the past two months, one third of the group’s $50,000 goal. Donations have flagged, Morales said, as people have decided to send money directly to relatives on the island. APM President and CEO Nilda Ruiz acknowledged that the donations were coming in slowly in part because the devastation wasn’t as severe as with María, but also because donor attention gets diverted by another crises.
A plethora of crises have plagued the island, including infrastructure fails and a 41% poverty rate, higher than any state. And after each disaster, Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican community attempts to raise the money and donate for the island’s three million residents, especially the poorest and the hardest to reach.“Puerto Rico has been through so much in recent years: Hurricane María five years ago; a 6.4-magnitude earthquake two years ago.
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