St. Pete aid group Sol Relief is once again collecting donations for Central American victims hit by their second major hurricane in two weeks.
What You Need To Know
- Hurricane Iota hits Nicaragua just 2 weeks after Hurricane Eta
- Homes, businesses have been lost
- Sol Relief getting updates from partners, collecting to help
- LINK: You can donate here
Hurricane Iota continued to batter Nicaragua on Tuesday, just two weeks after the equally powerful Hurricane Eta struck the region.
Sol Relief has been getting updates from their partners on the ground there throughout the day.
“All those villages and areas that are flooded, there’s mudslides. There’s so much devastation with loss of homes and businesses,” said president Jennifer Lockwood.
We first checked in with them a few weeks ago as they prepared to send help during Eta.
Today, they’re trying to get in touch with everyone they’ve been working with over the past few weeks.
“We haven’t heard from our connection on the east coast in Puerto Cabezas which is concerning,” Lockwood said. “We’re really looking forward to that report and that everybody’s OK.”
The group says it’ll continue to send monetary donations to their partners in Central America — and are recruiting more help in order to help more families during this pivotal time.
“This time we are working with some more partners, more people are coming in to the space to support because there is such a greater need now that we have two hurricanes," Lockwood said. "So, Sol Relief’s focusing on the logistical support for these other nonprofits to go in and do what they specialize in."
Sol Relief says it’s helped about 7,000 families so far, and hope the Tampa Bay community will help them serve even more in this time when it’s so needed.
“It’s leveled in some villages and the water has come up so much that everything is washed out, so its just complete devastation in those remote areas up the river,” Lockwood said.
You can donate here: https://www.solrelief.org/hurricane-eta