DONATE TO FIONA COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND

100% of donations will go to the Fiona Community Response Fund.


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In partnership with the following organizations:


Ayuda Legal, Taller Salud, Agitarte, Étnica, Instituto para la Agroecología, Campamento contra las Cenizas de Peñuelas, HASER


On September 19th, Hurricane Fiona made landfall along the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico yesterday afternoon. The storm has caused catastrophic flooding resulting in 75% of the island’s population being without clean water and an island-wide power outage with no clear timelines of when these resources will be restored. The brunt of the storm’s impact hit areas in the southwestern part of the island where 3,600 homes are still covered by blue tarps from Hurricane Maria 5 years ago, and where a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in December 2019. 


The Fiona Community Response Fund aims to address BOTH the immediate humanitarian needs AND long term power building work to advance an equitable recovery.


The Fiona Community Response Fund is led by a coalition of community-led organizations working on immediate response to fulfill needs over the short- and long-term. It is a partnership of approximately 25 organizations including the Maria Fund, Taller Salud, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, Institutio Agroecologia, Campamento contra las cenizas de Peñuelas, Étnica, and others.


This is the first major hurricane to hit Puerto Rico since the management of the electric grid was privatized by a federally-imposed oversight board as part of the restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt. Luma, the private company that began managing the grid in 2021, had already come under fire for frequent blackouts prior to the hurricane. The current blackout means it is currently failing its first big test. 


The acute humanitarian impact of Hurricane Fiona is compounding the systemic failures of Hurricane Maria and earthquake response. It is unacceptable that the entire island and especially vulnerable low-elevation people are facing another disaster of this scale knowing how poor the response has been to previous crises.


This Fund is supported by Organizing Resilience, a project housed at the Amalgamated Foundation.

 

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