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Rations Relief
posted (October 26, 2010)
And while that's good news for those who are out of their homes, what about those who are struggling to put food on the table after that storm swept away all their supplies?

Today four trucks from the state of Quintana Roo arrived in Belize to hand over around one hundred thousand Belize dollars worth of food supplies and cots for city residents affected by Hurricane Richard. The kind gesture was initiated by the Mayor of Corozal, Hilberto Campos:

Hilberto Campos, Mayor - Corozal
"Immediately after the storm I call my fellow mayor Zenaida. I ask her in which way we can contribute to assist the people in need. I enjoy an extraordinary relationship with Chetumal with my counterparts the Mayor and the council that's in Chetumal Mr. Jorge Valencia. We sat down immediately and we saw in which way we could assist. I receive their commitment for them to assist with food rations and some mattresses, I took up the opportunity and I call the mayor. I must mention that we call foreign affairs and we inform NEMO, they had taken an inventory of what it is that we are bringing in to the city and I have done the handing over. I am confident that CEMO will find the appropriate way of sharing the goods."

Mayor Zenaida Moya
"I Know that in the city this is directory from one municipality to another municipally in the case i\of the Corozal Town Council Mayor Campos and all his councilors; they are sending this and we must thank them on behalf of the entire Belize City Council and the City if Belize for this assistance."

Andrea Polanco
"So this assistance is only for the residence in Belize City who have been affected?"

Mayor Zenaida Moya
"Yes, as you know a lot of people have been affected and this is for them."

Andrea Polanco
"How can these people access this relief?"

Mayor Zenaida Moya
"Yes we will be working through our coordinating effort, we will be working immediately. I really want to reiterate with the human development department we will be coordinating it so I will still request that they contact directly the human development department because our team will be working directly with them."

Luis Felipe Valdez Gonzalez, Director of DIF
"First and fore mostly because they are from Quintana Roo, a state that suffers a lot from tropical cyclones and hurricanes. They just like us are always under threat so they can relate very well to what we go through as a nation on the hurricane belt and because they see what their people go through the most vulnerable people in their state, what they go through in times of crisis and in times of hurricanes and for that reason they have risen to the occasion and made this pledge to Belize."

Two more trucks with relief supplies will be arriving in the city tomorrow.

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