Ways to support the emergency response to the devastating hurricane in Acapulco

Donate

Here is a list of organisations working hard on the ground:

UNICEF Mx

By donating today, you are helping to provide vital support such as:

  • Provision of safe water and essential hygiene kits.

  • Creation of safe spaces for children and adolescents

  • Support for educational continuity in the most affected areas

  • On-the-ground support to prevent violence against children and adolescents.

We are working in close coordination with the authorities to ensure that your donation arrives efficiently and is used where it is most needed. Every donation counts and brings us one step closer to the reconstruction and recovery of Guerrero.

Donate here

Cruz Roja

As a first action, we are sending personnel specialised in damage assessment to reinforce the staff already working in the impact zone and to make a preliminary report and coordinate actions for a damage assessment to determine the type of aid that is required. In addition, we are sending 5,000 food parcels, together with the activities to be undertaken.

Donate here.

CADENA

At CADENA Mexico, we have decided to respond by activating ourselves as soon as possible, bringing satellite communication equipment (CADENA Connect) with the objective of re-establishing communication between inhabitants and their families, and we will deploy a rescue, medical and psychosocial brigade to help the population with health issues. We are also planning the delivery of basic supplies.

We ask the whole community to join forces and support those who need us most at this time.

Donate here.

Fundación Origen

We are a pioneering institution and a national and international benchmark in comprehensive care, dialogue and listening to women. We stand out for our innovative methodologies that generate positive impacts and changes of social value in the comprehensive care of women who suffer violence, poverty or vulnerability. We are also an ally of UNDP and USAID.

Donate here:

BBVA BANCOMER

Cuenta: 0153006247

CLABE: 0121-8000-1530-0624-70

Gilberto A.c

In September 1988, Hurricane Gilberto hit the states of Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila for 5 days.

On 6 October 1988, a group of Mexican women formed the Asociación Gilberto, A.C., with the precise objective of actively participating in the reconstruction of houses and the restitution of sources of employment.

Donate here.

Collection CDMX

Here is a list of organisations you can donate

UNAM

The National Autonomous University of Mexico will set up a Collection and Aid Centre for the victims, next to the flagpoles of the Olympic University Stadium.

The collection centre will open tomorrow, Thursday 26 October, at noon. People are encouraged to donate bottled water, canned food, blankets, first aid supplies, personal hygiene items, clothes in good condition, feminine towels and nappies.

Haz el bien por Aca

Saskia Niño de Rivera heading up the collective that runs this collection centre. What do you need to know? Everything collected at Sierra Gorda 495 will be taken to the AICM where we have a warehouse and planes set up by Awesome Cargo. We also have 5 trailers waiting for instructions to leave. As of today, Wednesday, there is no ground access and the Acapulco airport is in shambles. We are coordinating with the Navy and when we get the green light we will start sending everything.

Information

Safe spots

Find your nearest shelter here.

Contact your loved one

Your family in Guerrero is missing? report it here: 56 2632 1472

Natural disasters hit vulnerable groups hardest, Hurricane Otis hit the state of Guerrero, Mexico on October 25h at 12:45 am as a category V hurricane, one of the strongest hurricanes in history.

MAGENTA has gathered a list of ways in which you can support the emergency response efforts. This page is not an endorsement of organisations.