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How to help with the Mexican Crisis in the State of Tabasco


nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-04-07 07:34 AM
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How to help with the Mexican Crisis in the State of Tabasco

Edited on Sun Nov-04-07 08:26 AM by nadinbrzezinski
Folks the American Red Cross is gathering money

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=n...

And I add the ACR for completeness

So is the International Red Cross

http://www.ifrc.org/index.asp?gclid=CLH4t7LVwo8CFQpMYQo...

And Habitat for Humanity

http://www.habitat.org /

Other usual suspects

Save the Children

http://www.savethechildren.org /

I am also waiting for the Mexican Red Cross to answer the query I sent to them, so we might be able to establish a direct way
to send money to them.

They need it

Water... surprise surprise, is in short supply, as well as food (they have more cloths than they can handle)

From readying their news media they may be facing yellow fever, dengue and of course cholera and hepatitis B

The Feds have sent over 20K doses of vaccines to the affected zone and the Secretary of Heath and Human Services (not the exact title but same role) has stated the Critical Emergency Phase is going to last six months

They are using Navy Choppers, as well as Air Force c-130s to transport goods and personnel

And the governor of the state has requested that people with boats please assist in the rescue efforts

In other worlds... it looks like Katrina, NOT

Oh and given the ICRC has the info on their website you may be able to give money through the ICRC, since that tells me they have gone International... as I suspected from offers of aide in European papers.

Oh and when will Junior react? Good question

I ntend to call my Senator and point out, when we needed help they helped... they need help

Oh and the cause for this... global warming... it is no joke.

Oh and if any of you are in Mexico... these are the bank acounts set for relief efforts

Banamex
A nombre de Fomento Social Banamex
Cuenta: 120, sucursal 100

BBVA-Bancomer
A nombre de Fundación BBVA Bancomer
04 Apóyame 3
Cuenta: 0427692633

Banorte
Cuenta: 27
Cuenta: Clabe 072-790 000000000270

Santander
Cuenta: Apoyo a Tabasco

Scotiabank
Cuenta: 00100911240

HSBC
A nombre de Fundación Merced
Cuenta: 4025940156

Banco Azteca
Cuenta: 01720115412160

Ixe Banco, S.A.
A nombre de Damnificados de Tabasco
Cuenta: 7777777-8

And in the US, here is the Wells Fargo Account

Para donar desde Los Estados Unidos:
Banco Wells Fargo Bank NA, a nombre de “Ayuda Tabasco”, número de cuenta: 599253401. Para transferencias: 121000248 y electrónico: 111900659.

Wells Fargo Bank
Made to "ayuda tabasco"
Account number 599253401
Electronic Transfer 111900659
Account Routing transfer 121000248

And here is the Bancomer Account

Otra cuenta en el banco: BBV Bancomer USA, a nombre de “Ayuda Tabasco 2007”, con número de cuenta: 2280300127 (Para depósitos en California) y ABA: 1-2222-05-06 (para depósitos fuera de California).


BBV Bancomer USA
Ayuda Tabasco 2007
Account Number 2280300127 (In california)
Account Number ABA: 1-2222-05-06 (Outside California)
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Add Unicef to this list

And yes I did send an email to my US Senator telling her exactly what they need after doing a disaster assestment... long distance... after watching Mexican News for over two hours

Here is what they need, if you want to add to the chorus of specific things we can offer and strongly suggest to your reps that this needs to be done by the State Department... even if they will have to fall under the authority of the DN-III-E, the Mexican Disaster plan... yes I am familiar with it, by the way...

Heavy Trucks

Heavy Equipment

Rescue Helicopters

Portable water purification plants... good news the Villahermosa plant is not knocked out of commision but it is slow

Watter pumps

Blankets

Tents

Rescue Divers

Medical teams... a hospital ship to support the Mexican Navy Hospital ship would be a great help

As to food... forget the MREs, people down there will have no clue what to do with them... (though the army and rescue personnel will), but RICE, and BEANS to be distributed to shelters to be cooked as well as cooking oil (USAID would be great for this) True story, after the quake Norway sent some smoked salmon and Pickled hering... that ended up in the black market since the only people who knew what to do wiht that were not the refugees. That is why that food specific to the country is usually sugested by disaster experts.

Medical supplies

Transport, they are stretched to the limits on air transport, and using all the equipment they have in the inventory.

Yep, that is about the list

But you... give money to either of the two accounts set by the Mexican Foreign Office... they will use that money to buy some of this stuff in country cutting on the transfer costs.