Almost a month after Irma devastated Cuba’s north central coast, life has taken a new rhythm.
Electricity is back on, telephone connections are working, people are able to refrigerate food and pump water from the tanks.
Your donations have brought food, medicines, transportation. At ground zero, the pastors and the community of faith have been busy distributing food, providing support and giving encouragement to the most affected individuals.
Yet we still cannot ignore the devastation in people’s faces and in the destroyed structures. The sense of devastation, of loss, will take time to heal. But healing cannot begin while rain pours into their homes because roofs are not repaired. Or while stores do not have available food and items they need to replace. Replacement for which they have no insurance or savings.
Pastor Omar in from of a house near Buenavista. Similar destruction happened in Remedios and many rural villages in this part of Cuba
We know of at least 20 homes in dire need of repairs. These are the homes of elderly and disabled individuals and of widows. They need mattresses to replace the ones damaged by the hurricane. Children need clothes
Donatios are accepted through South Valley Community Church until Aliento Cuba receives tax-exempt status. Donations of $250 or more will be listed on a contribution statement from South Valley Community Church mailed in January, 2018, meeting IRS receipting requirements