Aid to Puerto Rico (photos):
- Unidos por PR: volunteer-run non-profit; all proceeds go to helping Puerto Ricans rebuild their homes
- Ciencia PR: Donate to scientists in Puerto Rico
- For other ways to help — supporting animal shelters, volunteer opportunities, donation drives — check out Cenadores PR’s suggestions here: Los Ambulantes
- Support for Cayo Santiago (aka Monkey Island): thousands of rhesus macaques live on this little island, and researchers at the Caribbean Primate Research Center study them — but the area has been devastated. This fundraiser is for employees who lost their homes and to rebuild the research center. (Ed Yong wrote about it here.)
- United for Puerto Rico (a project led by the First Lady of Puerto Rico)
- UNICEF
- Center for Popular Democracy
- Hispanic Federation’s “Unidos” page
- Our former presidents have expanded the One America Appeal – so it now includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
- All Hands Volunteers
- SPCA International (help for animal rescue and care)
- Catholic Relief Services
- Americares
- Direct Relief
- Save the Children, which focuses specifically on the needs of families and their children.
- Habitat for Humanity (housing and shelter needs)
- Salvatian Army (supplies and shelter needs)
- Global Giving has a $2 million goal for victims of Hurricane Maria
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ConPRmetidos (Puerto Rico-based nonprofit to benefit “immediate needs of food, shelter, water” and more)
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Casa Taller a community group in Puerto Rico who is providing food and shelter for people in need despite the “scarcest of resources,”
Aid specifically to the US Virgin Islands:
- 21 US Virgin Island Relief Fund (NBA star Tim Duncan hoping to raise $5 million for his home country)
- Hurricane Maria Relief for Good Hope Country Day School St. Croix
- Dominica Hurricane Maria Relief Fund (bringing relief to Dominica)
- Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Hurricane Relief Fund (to help families and countries rebuild after hurricanes)
Aid to central Mexico (photos):
- Topos rescue brigade: an independent volunteer group performing rescues
- Project Paz, an NYC-based non-profit for Latino children, and the El Paso Community Foundation, a southwest-based non-profit, are collecting funds to earthquake victims
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You can also donate money or goods to nonprofits on the ground, including the following:
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Topos Mexico, a Mexican rescue brigade, is also accepting PayPal donations.
Actress Salma Hayek, who donated $100,000, has launched a fundraiser on Crowdrise to benefit UNICEF.
Aid to Las Vegas
In addition to giving blood, financial donations are being accepted.
Steve Sisolak, Clark County commission chair from Las Vegas, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to assist the victims of the shooting. The site has already raised more than $3.7 million.
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