The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on April 16th destroyed several towns and killed more than 650 people. many people remain missing, more than 16.000 are injured. Almost 25.000 people remain in shelters. Most of the deaths came from three towns in coastal Ecuador: Manta, Portoviejo and Pedernales. Many of our friends and partners in Ecuador lost their homes and live literally on the streets. Some lost their relatives during the earthquake.
The SAT team in Quito and their families are fine and none of our travelers to Ecuador has been affected.
In the past week we collected money, donated by SAT, our Ecuador staff, and from colleagues and friends all over the world. Our team in Quito will send food, medicine and drinking water to several families in Manta over the next two months, hoping that the situation there will improve soon. Our partner agent in Manta will receive the aid and deliver it every week to the families in need.
In addition to the aid organized by our local SAT Ecuador team we support the local organisation
MINGAI (
www.mingai.org), giving immediate help in the rural areas. This foundation was started by Felipe Jácome and Angelika von Foerster, Instructors of the NOLS- Wilderness Medicine Institute in Lander (NOLS-WMI), Wyoming, USA, affiliate of Landmark Learning, North Carolina (
https://landmarklearning.edu). Felipe Jácome went shortly after the earthquake with a team of paramedics and physicians towards the disaster zone, mainly helping in the rural areas which urgently need assistance as the main aid is concentrated on the bigger towns.
Beneficiary
Fundación Ecológica y Medio Ambiente Mingai
Dirección: Francisco Arízaga N34-427 y Alberto Guerrero, Quito-Ecuador
Teléfono: (593) 2 2435042 / 2 5115719
Bankdetails:
PRODUBANCO
Checking Account # 02007018157
Av. Amazonas N35-211 y Japón
Código SWIFT: P R O D E C E Q
Quito-Ecuador
Intermediate in USA:
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Floor 4: 11, PENN PLAZA
10038 New York
Código SWIFT: P N B P U S 3 N N Y C
Código ABA: 0 2 6 0 0 5 0 9 2
Account# PRODUBANCO in WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. : 2000192321006
More contacts:
LATA UK
LATA’s Charitable arm, The LATA Foundation http://www.latafoundation.org/ has launched an appeal for donations as a tourism & hospitality industry response to provide immediate humanitarian relief but also medium to longer term funding to help rebuild and restore the tourism & hospitality industry along the coast.
They are in touch with a number of NGOs and local organisations to see how best to distribute donations to ensure they can help to make a difference in the immediate aftermath, but also in the medium to long-term.
