Project HOPE volunteers are evaluating and responding to health needs as well as securing medical supplies and PPE for those residing at shelters in Puerto Rico.
Flores said she and her husband, who is a doctor, moved from Mexico to Puerto Rico and were present when Hurricane Maria — a Category 5 storm that left about 3,000 people dead — struck the island almost exactly five years ago.Flores’s colleague, Gustavo Pagan, grew up in Puerto Rico and also deployed his volunteer services after Maria hit. He quipped that they earned a diploma from responding to that storm, the last major one to hit the island. It has helped them prepare for Fiona.
That’s a major part of the volunteers’ jobs: providing services for mental health and psychosocial support for those who need it. Blame has shifted toward Luma Energy, the company contracted to fix Puerto Rico’s outdated power grid. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday “I am not satisfied with the performance of Luma,” said Pierluisi, who previously had praised the company. “It is obvious to me that you have to make changes to your execution plan to significantly improve the service you are offering our people.”, as interpreted by Google Translate, “LUMA and all our collaborators will not rest until all clients have electricity service and the electrical network is reenergized.
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