Reaching out - Villahermosa
We’ll probably regroup later this afternoon, seeing what we know and where the best avenues for hope and aid exist. The New York Times ran a story today, story number three in the bottom links under World.
The Christian Science Monitor has done what may of us had done in our own minds, and labeled the event Mexico’s ‘Kartina’
One of the medical directors of previous mission trips to Villahermosa and I swapped emals yesterday afternoon. He shared with me his medical team has made multiple return trips to Mexico, and returned from Villahermosa about two weeks ago. The need, he anticipates, is not for surgions, but for ways to rebuild infrastructure.
The following is courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor, and compiled by several sources.
Floods in Mexico: How to help A partial list of organizations accepting donations to assist victims of flooding in Tabasco.
Red Cross: Call 800-HELP-NOWor 800-257-7575 (Spanish). www.redcross.org
Catholic Relief Services:877-HELP-CRS or www.crs.org
UNICEF: 800-4-UNICEF or www.unicefusa.org
World Vision:888-56-CHILD or www.worldvision.org
Operation USA:800-678-7255 or www.opusa.org
Commercial banks with relief-fund accounts set up by the Mexican government.
ScotiabankAccount 00100911240
HSBC bank
Account 4000943274
Wells Fargo bank
Account 599253401
Bancomer bank
Account name: Ayuda Tabasco 2007.
Account number: 2280300127
Source: Los Angeles Times, wire services, aid organizations.
Compiled by John Aubrey, staff researcher Christian Science Monitor
