Please help El Salvador!

The wild weather of the past few weeks has wrecked havoc in parts of Latin America from flooding in Mexico to the rationing of electricity in Ecuador. Yet as we mentioned today, no country has been hit as hard as El Salvador where at least 130 people have died and a state of emergency has been declared:

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Several countries as well as the U.N. have mobilized to send relief to the Central American country but so can you. Event the tiniest bit of aid can go a long way in getting much needed funds and supplies to El Salvador. There are several ways you can help:

• ReliefWeb provides updates and links to different organizations helping El Salvador such as the Red Cross.
• The Comité Cívico Salvadoreño de New York is mainly seeking donations; they can be reached via e-mail at desastredeida@yahoo.com or you can click here to obtain their phone number.
• Salvadoran expats in Los Angeles helped create a bank account solely for the use of sending donations to their countrymen.
• Lastly, Chicago’s Mexican community has helped via the historic Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. (Click here for more details).
  

If you know of any other charitable efforts please don’t hesitate to let us know; leave a comment to this post or write to us at ourlatinamerica@yahoo.com. Let’s do our share to help those in need!

Online Sources- ReliefWeb, MSNBC, El Diario/La Prensa, El Financiero, La Opinion, The Latin Americanist, AP, LAHT