RNHA Florida Provides Aid to PR Earthquake Victims

RNHA Florida Provides Aid to PR Earthquake Victims
February 19, 2020 Comments Off on RNHA Florida Provides Aid to PR Earthquake Victims International Affairs, Local Politics, RNHA News Articles Robert Cross

Santiago Avila Jr, the Chairman of RNHA Florida took a team from RNHA Florida to provide aid to the People of Guanica, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has been suffering from large Earthquakes and the territory has been devastated. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have been displaced. RNHA Florida collected 500 lbs of donations which include diapers, wipes, wipes, adult diapers, canned and boxed food, blankets, hygiene items, first aid kits, flashlights, batteries, battery-operated radios, bibles, tampons and pads, toys, coloring books, crayons, and hand sanitizer. These donations may not seem like very much it is a great help to those families that lost everything during this trying time.

RNHA Florida worked with the local government to identify the people in the area that had the most need to distribute the aid to. One such family is seen in the clip above being interviewed by RNHA Florida. The woman in the clip is a mother and is living behind the truck on two mattresses with her children. This family is just one example of the people that the Republican National Hispanic Assembly Florida is helping with their outreach. Thousands of people have been left homeless, without food and access to hygiene because of the devastating earthquakes that ravaged Puerto Rico.

RNHA Florida has collected an additional 600lbs of donations to bring to aid the people of Puerto Rico for their next trip. They will be going back to Puerto Rico at the end of this month to continue their work. The people of Puerto Rico have suffered greatly but our hearts are with them. If you want to donate to RNHA Florida’s efforts to help the people after these devastating earthquakes click here and mark it for Puerto Rico.

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Robert Cross Robert Cross is Spaniard and Cuban on his mother’s side. He started his career in public service serving in local ministries that provided education assistance to K-12 students in San Bernardino County, and work rehabilitation for ex-convicts, veterans, disabled individuals and refugees. He has been published in Borgen Project Magazine, Borgen Project Blog, RNHA News. Robert Cross earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Liberty University and a Bachelors degree in History from California State University of San Bernardino.