Operation USA to Aid Recovery Efforts in Mexico Following Hurricane Patricia PRWeb
go to original October 23, 2015

Waiting on a Storm: Mexico braces for strongest hurricane ever recorded (Al Jazeera English)

Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based international relief agency, announced today that is assessing needs in Mexico as Hurricane Patricia causes “catastrophic” damage. The agency is planning to deliver recovery aid to affected communities, and will call on long standing partnerships in the country to facilitate the distribution of aid.

Hurricane Patricia is being reported as a Category 5 storm, with several reports predicting that it will maintain its strength as it travels along Mexico’s west coast. Experts say this is the strongest hurricane ever recorded—with winds approaching 200 mph and waves as high as 30 feet—within the National Hurricane Center’s area of responsibility. The storm has the power to cause massive death and destruction on the country’s Pacific coastline, including the popular tourist areas of Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta.

...Operation USA has worked in Mexico since the early 1980s, relying exclusively on private funding. In 2013, after flooding inundated much of Acapulco, the agency helped renovate a damaged school with Ninos en Alegria and the Miguel Aleman Foundation. The Ninos en Alegria project, which supports schools and education programs in western Mexico, is particularly active in the three areas where the storm is expected to cause major damage - Jalisco, Nayarit and Colima - and OpUSA will leverage our partnership with the group to deliver aid quickly following the storm.

HOW TO HELP:

Donations to Operation USA will be allocated directly to relief and recovery efforts in Mexico.

Donate online at give.opusa.org, by phone at 1-800-678-7255 or, by check made out to Operation USA, PO BOX 36188, Los Angeles, CA 90036-0188. Donations can also be made via text message: text AID to 50555 to donate $10. Text donations are collected for the benefit of Operation USA by the mGive Foundation and subject to the terms found at mGive.org.

Corporate donations supporting recovery and rebuilding efforts — bulk quantities of disaster-appropriate supplies, transportation and shipping services, shelter, power generation, water purification and medical supplies — are also being requested.

United Airlines miles can be donated to Operation USA through United Airlines Charity Miles program at United.com.

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