Hurricane Eta: Damage in Iriona

As promised, here are the numbers for the Garifuna communities past Limon.  I call on each and every one of us to pray and donate what is possible.  If you have clothes you can donate, we can get these on the fall container to Honduras.  This needs to happen fast.  The container will leave in just a few weeks.  If you would rather donate to hurricane relief, click here and make sure to put community agent relief fund in the comment section.  Make sure to send me a message too so I can be on the lookout for your donation.  We are not in the clear yet.  Another tropical depression is heading toward Honduras in the coming days.

Punta Piedra
Destroyed house 2

Cassava cultivation 80 plots

Bananas destroyed 10 plots

 

Cusuna

Destroyed houses 7

Roofs destroyed10

Totally destroyed floors 20

Cassava cultivation 120 plots

Banana crop destroyed 20 plots

 

Ciriboya 

Destroyed houses 0

Destroyed floors 5

Roofs destroyed 9

Cassava crop destroyed 100 plots

Banana crop destroyed 80 plots

 

Iriona Viejo

Destroyed houses 0

Destroyed floors 4

Roofs destroyed 2

Cassava crop destroyed 50 apples

Banana crop destroyed 10 apples

 

San José La punta

Destroyed houses 1

Roofs destroyed 2

Destroyed floors 5

Corn crop destroyed 1 plots

Yucca crop destroyed 70 plots

Cultivation of bananas 30 plots

 

Sangrelaya 

Destroyed houses. 2

Roofs destroyed 8

Cassava cultivation 75 plots

Banana cultivation 20 plots

 

Cocalito 

Destroyed houses 8

Roofs destroyed 20

Yucca crop destroyed 120 plots

Banana farm destroyed 80

 

There is an urgent need for clothes for 300 families throughout the seven Garifuna communities of Iriona.

 

Covid-19 Report

3 confirmed deaths by Covid-19 in all of Iriona

 

Requested Teaching Topics for 2021

1 = talk about food security from as mission and culture of indigenous peoples

2 = protection measure on risk and vulnerability in natural disasters

3 = human relationship to the destruction of the environment

4 = strengthening on the initiative of production and marketing of the product made by the communities

5 = management of the water and sanitation system for human consumption

6 = comprehensive attention to the child's growth

7 = right of indigenous peoples in Honduras

Let's do the right thing and stand beside our sisters and brothers in Honduras.  Together, we are the difference!!