El Proyecto Hatuey se complace en informar que visitamos el almacén de Pinar del Río y fuimos testigos de las 40,000 libras de material de construcción que entregamos en barco desde la Florida. This essential material, 500 panels (18,000 pounds) of quality sheet metal roofing at 3’x12′ each, 19,200 pounds of concrete, two 12,000-watt electrical generators, windows, plywood, tools and more for Cuba’s post-hurricane housing recovery is because of you! The generosity of hundreds of donors made this possible.
Mientras hablábamos con los trabajadores de la construcción y la gente de la comunidad en sus valientes esfuerzos de recuperación, apoyados por el gobierno cubano, vimos su determinación creativa de levantarse de las ruinas posteriores al huracán.
Hurricane Ian devastated Pinar del Río province and larger region, causing damage or destruction to 102,000 homes. All of the productive capacity of the region’s famed tobacco industry was wiped out completely. This means a huge loss in future income for the country. Agriculture was also deeply affected, with most crops wiped out.
The Hatuey Project concentrates on medical aid donations. Since our founding last June, we have already delivered prenatal vitamins and other essential medicines for Cuba’s maternal homes last July, brought vital medicines for burn patients after the enormous Supertanker oil fire in Matanzas in late August. Then, after Hurricane Ian, (a category 3 hurricane that changed to a category 4 as it passed over the island), we believed it an urgency to join the international efforts to help the Cuban people recover. Doctors we have met with told us that they consider the recovery of housing for the Cuban families in that area to be an absolute necessity for health.
Mientras visitábamos el almacén donde guardan los bienes antes de su distribución gratuita a la población para la reconstrucción de su hogar, agradecimos especialmente a las organizaciones y cientos de personas que dieron tan generosamente a esta última entrega. The Peoples Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, el Movimiento Hostosiano en Solidaridad with Cuba of Puerto Rico, the Mexico Solidarity Network, the Western Sydney Committee in Solidarity with Cuba, and many more people who made this possible.
