We are putting a call-out for “Roatan Angels” – donors who will commit to setting up monthly automatic payments to Valerie on an ongoing basis until the food situation is under control.
Not knowing if she will make it each week, and having to triage if she’s short is an immense and difficult burden. The truth is, the situation has gotten more dire than we ever imagined. Optimistically, we had hoped the crisis would slowly wane. But it hasn’t. Crime has tripled on the island as people become more desperate to feed their families. If she doesn’t get enough funds each week, Valerie must either “triage,” or remove items from her shopping list.
The Numbers:
- $50 feeds a family for one week.
- 80% of the population is unemployed.
- Most families have not made a dollar in months