Agatha devastated Piña Palmera, a center for people with disabilities in Zipolite; they cry for help The organization explained that they receive donations in kind at collection centers in Mexico City and the city of Oaxaca; donations can also be made to your bank account

Agatha devastó Piña Palmera, centro para personas con discapacidad en Zipolite; claman ayuda El Universal de Oaxaca Agatha devastó Piña Palmera, centro para personas con discapacidad en Zipolite; claman ayuda. La organización detalló que reciben donativos en especie ...

Agatha devastated Piña Palmera, a center for people with disabilities in Zipolite; they cry for help

The organization explained that they receive donations in kind at collection centers in Mexico City and the city of Oaxaca; donations can also be made to your bank account

Oaxaca de Juárez .– The Piña Palmera Children's Care Center , a civil association dedicated to the care of people with disabilities , launched an urgent call to request help from the three levels of government, organized civil society and the population in general, before the damage caused to its facilities by Hurricane Agatha .

The organization explained that they receive donations in kind at collection centers in Mexico City and the city of Oaxaca , such as non-perishable food and bottled water, tools such as shovels, crowbars, construction material, as well as material to help with the lack of electricity and drinking water electric generators and water pumps; or donations can be made to your bank account.

Through a statement, Piña Palmera explained that the hurricane made landfall last Monday just 10 kilometers from the community of Zipolite on the Oaxaca Coast, belonging to the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla , where its facilities are located.

 

They estimate in Oaxaca more than 38 thousand victims only in Pochutla, where Hurricane Agatha made landfall

 

Fortunately, he noted, no one was harmed and all disabled people, volunteers and workers escaped unharmed. But the facilities were devastated by the passage of the hurricane.

In addition, he added, they still do not have information on the conditions of hundreds of people with and without disabilities who live in the populations of the Coast and Sierra Sur in which the organization has a presence.

According to the first assessments, more than 70% of the spaces dedicated to the care and attention of people with disabilities suffered severe damage. Workshops, houses and rooms of staff and volunteers were totally destroyed, as well as hydraulic and electrical installations and all telephone and Internet communication services.

 

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There was also an absolute loss of equipment and furniture of all kinds, including those necessary to carry out therapy, mobilize people with disabilities and care for them in critical situations. Due to the great flood derived from more than six hours of torrential rains and gusts of wind, all the reserves of medicine, food and drinking water were lost.

"Faced with such a situation, we make an urgent call to the three orders of government, organized civil society and the general public to deal with this emergency," the organization said.

Piña Palmera asked for support to receive bottled water, rice, beans, corn, powdered milk, sugar, powdered coffee, water pumps, electric generators, solar cell lamps, hand lamps, shovels, construction materials, ropes, ropes. , ropes and bars.