Silver Spring, MD, February 29, 2008 --(
PR.com)-- A massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Southern coast of Peru, taking the lives over 500 citizens with it. Over 1000 injuries have been accounted for, leaving tens of thousands of homes destroyed. Humanity First immediately deployed a First Response Team to alleviate the suffering victims with supplies for food, sanitation, and housing.
With the support of Sr. Juan Carlos Quijandria, Mayor of Guadalupe, and Roberto Bernal, Rotary Club President, Humanity First’s next deployment is scheduled to be on Friday, March 1st, 2008. The team will head to Guadalupe, a small town where the greatest degree of damage was struck. Temporary shelters will be built replacing the collapsed mud bricked homes. These temporary shelters will provide sustainable housing to approximately 100 people in the town of Guadalupe. Aboard this arduous mission, 15 volunteers from University of Virginia have partnered with Humanity First to help with the relief efforts.
Humanity First, USA (http://www.humanityfirst.org), a 501(c) 3- registered charity, is the US chapter of Humanity First International (http://www.humanityfirst.org.uk), which was established in the early 1990's to restore disaster-stricken and under-developed and vulnerable communities around the globe. Humanity First USA is a leading non-profit relief organization whose board of directors, management team, and project staff running the day-to-day operations are all unpaid volunteers with diverse professional backgrounds including business, healthcare, and education sectors. All personal expenses are met by the volunteers to maximize the use of funds raised and donated for those in need. As of today Humanity First USA has expanded to 19 countries worldwide.
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