Hurricane Iota relief in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
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My friend Denis Jhackson is a native Miskito tribe member who lives in Puerto Cabezas in northeastern Nicaragua. I met him when I did a volunteer trip there and gave a workshop to local women about how to grow businesses sustainably. Denis helped me set up the workshop and maintained the computers used. Since then we've stayed in touch over Facebook, catching up on what was happening in our lives.
Puerto Cabezas is on the coast, with only two flights arriving daily carrying only 50 passengers and supplies from inland. Most visitors and locals travel by boat. There is extreme poverty in the region. Most of the citizens are the Moskito Indigenous group and get little to no aid from the government.
Denis lost his roof during Hurricane Eta, flooding his home, and now faces a greater threat from this monstrous storm - Hurricane Iota is now a Category 5. It is expected to make landfall with the eye going right through Puerto Cabezas.
I've posted some photos from my trip there back in 2009. They were some of the nicest people I've met in Central America, and I want to help them recover.
Denis will share the funds raised with the women in the community we worked with while I was there. If you have even just $5, it will help them with food and temporary shelter. Once the fundraiser ends I will send the money to Denis via Western Union and post the receipt plus some photos from Denis of how the donations were spent.
About Me: I realize that some of you do not know me and want to trust the donations are going to the right place. I am a former public school teacher, who grew up in Virginia. I now spend most of the year in Costa Rica and run my own travel service, CR Surf Travel Company, focusing on sustainable tourism, surfing and Costa Rica. My reputation as a licensed travel consultant is reliant on trust with my clients. You can read reviews on Facebook https://facebook.com/crsurf , as well as Google and Angie's List.
Thank you. Photos from my trip to Puerto Cabezas
I am on the left. The books are a donation from Joel Harper, who wrote All the Way to the Ocean, a kid's book with a message of not littering and protecting our oceans.
Dennis is on the right helping get the computers set up.
The Association of Indigenous Women of the Atlantic Coast
The local kids.
This is the beachfront of Puerto Cabezas.
Puerto Cabezas is on the coast, with only two flights arriving daily carrying only 50 passengers and supplies from inland. Most visitors and locals travel by boat. There is extreme poverty in the region. Most of the citizens are the Moskito Indigenous group and get little to no aid from the government.
Denis lost his roof during Hurricane Eta, flooding his home, and now faces a greater threat from this monstrous storm - Hurricane Iota is now a Category 5. It is expected to make landfall with the eye going right through Puerto Cabezas.
I've posted some photos from my trip there back in 2009. They were some of the nicest people I've met in Central America, and I want to help them recover.
Denis will share the funds raised with the women in the community we worked with while I was there. If you have even just $5, it will help them with food and temporary shelter. Once the fundraiser ends I will send the money to Denis via Western Union and post the receipt plus some photos from Denis of how the donations were spent.
About Me: I realize that some of you do not know me and want to trust the donations are going to the right place. I am a former public school teacher, who grew up in Virginia. I now spend most of the year in Costa Rica and run my own travel service, CR Surf Travel Company, focusing on sustainable tourism, surfing and Costa Rica. My reputation as a licensed travel consultant is reliant on trust with my clients. You can read reviews on Facebook https://facebook.com/crsurf , as well as Google and Angie's List.
Thank you. Photos from my trip to Puerto Cabezas
I am on the left. The books are a donation from Joel Harper, who wrote All the Way to the Ocean, a kid's book with a message of not littering and protecting our oceans.
Dennis is on the right helping get the computers set up. The Association of Indigenous Women of the Atlantic CoastThe local kids.This is the beachfront of Puerto Cabezas.Organizer
Greg Gordon
Organizer
Virginia Beach, VA
